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While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage. ↗

— John Boehner

#activist #amendment #constitutional #constitutional amendment #current

Will we fight or will we retreat? That is the question that is posed to us. Some of my friends on the other side of the aisle often refer to Iraq as a distraction. ↗

— John Boehner

#distraction #fight #friends #iraq #often

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. ↗

— William Boetcker

#cannot #class #further #hatred #man

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#better #displease #doing #know #may

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#better #day #day to day #mind #never

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#believe in yourself #depends #mainly #success #think

The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#backbone #individual #man #men #mere

What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#different world #get #know #listen #merely

And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#doing #help #men #permanently #should

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#bring #cannot #discouraging #prosperity #thrift