#iv

You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#bright #canada #ever #fellow #i

This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way. ↗

— Jon Voight

#before #country #era #ever #every

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. ↗

— Voltaire

#art #citizens #class #consists #general

I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons of mass destruction. We need to send a message to these future would-be bullies: you will not be allowed to threaten the world. ↗

— George Voinovich

#bullies #children #destruction #everyday #fear

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. ↗

— Voltaire

#gave #gift #give #god #life

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. ↗

— Voltaire

#dare #declare #everywhere #hast #live

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest. ↗

— Voltaire

#born #cultivate #eden #garden #man

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error. ↗

— Voltaire

#man #ocean #progress #rapid #rivers

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. ↗

— Voltaire

#dead #living #only #owe #truth

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. ↗

— Voltaire

#believe #date #divorce #however #i