#ay

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#accountability #basis #being #being done #done

The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#architects #beautiful #been #beltway #boom

I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention. ↗

— Greg Maddux

#body #daydream #else #everybody #everybody else

I only know one way to pitch. I really do. ↗

— Greg Maddux

#know #only #pitch #really #way

If they want me I'd love to come back. I'm not going to play because I can, I'm going to play because I deserve it. ↗

— Greg Maddux

#because #come #deserve #going #i

So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#basis #bass #bass player #could #fact

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. ↗

— James Madison

#great #majority #may #minority #republics

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. ↗

— James Madison

#class #food #happy #independent #may

What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed? ↗

— James Madison

#before #branch #commerce #executed #fortunes

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. ↗

— James Madison

#betray #calculate #every #every nation #loss