#dent

The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#combined #cuts #destroying #domestic #fabric

Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#because #been #calls #could #die

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#actions #amongst #ballot #ballot box #box

What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#cannot #changed #crises #crisis #decides

Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to the mystic, when words which make sense can also make a uniform objective structure of accents and rhymes. ↗

— John C. Ransom

#accident #also #between #discoverable #except

I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore. They are students of film from when they handmade films themselves, you know cut films with their own hands and razor blades and tape. ↗

— Dileep Rao

#almost #anymore #blades #cameron #cut

I'm identified as a New York actor, I sound like I'm from New York, and I couldn't be more proud of it. ↗

— Michael Rapaport

#i #identified #like #more #new

I know very well that Berlin attaches great importance to NATO and solidarity, in terms of sharing the burden. For this reason, I feel confident that the German government will take the right decision, one that serves both German and NATO interests. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#berlin #both #burden #confident #decision

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. ↗

— Dan Rather

#democracy #fiercely #free #freedom #heart

As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new. ↗

— Dan Rather

#access #bargaining #been #campaigns #candidates