#ak

No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life. ↗

— Thomas Dewey

#make #man #money #more #office

Foreman told Ray to plead guilty and he'd then give his brother $500, if Ray didn't cause any problems at the guilty plea hearing, and he could take that $500 and hire a lawyer to set aside the plea. Foreman actually put that in writing. ↗

— William Pepper

#any #aside #brother #cause #could

The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair. ↗

— Walker Percy

#aware #become #despair #his #life

If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes. ↗

— Ross Perot

#committee #just #kill #see #snake

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you. ↗

— Sonny Perdue

#governor #i #now #take #take care

He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it. ↗

— S. J. Perelman

#bit #bite #helped #him #his

That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#between #born #combination #contradiction #first

I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#figure #i #i always #me #music

When I am speaking about American presidents, I have to speak about my very special relations with President Clinton. He contributed more to peace than anybody else in the American sense. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#am #american #anybody #clinton #contributed

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. ↗

— Pericles

#interest #just #just because #mean #politics