#elves

In creating superdelegates, the Democratic Party recognized the expertise that its top holders of public office have gained by running for office themselves. They are experts at winning. They know the issues. They are in a unique position to evaluate presidential candidates. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#creating #democratic #democratic party #evaluate #expertise

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#appear #create #hide #how #make

Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution. ↗

— Bill Hybels

#else #everyone #face #faces #finding

My submission to you is we're fighting the war on terror not overseas but in our own streets, and we'd be spending vast more fortunes to try to be a defensive country to protect ourselves rather than an offensive country to spread democracy wherever people yearn for it. ↗

— Johnny Isakson

#defensive #democracy #fighting #fortunes #more

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#depository #discretion #enlightened #enough #exercise

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#being #come #love #more #once

Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#duty #every #expect #glorious #islam

For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#filed #get #life #life is a #manila

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so. ↗

— Billy Joel

#find #irs #least #legitimate #musicians

One of the things that I always say about bioterrorism, whether it's ourselves at the federal level, folks at the state level, or folks in the private industry, we've done many great things, especially since 9/11. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#always #done #especially #federal #federal level