#lease

The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

#consists #does #mainly #making #nation

God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates? ↗

— Samuel Hopkins

#allow #any #destroy #enslave #estates

Conservatives, please. Let's not duplicate the manias of the Left as we figure out how to deal with Mr. Obama. He is not exactly the anti-Christ, although a disturbing number of people on the Right are convinced he is. ↗

— David Horowitz

#conservatives #convinced #deal #disturbing #duplicate

Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action. ↗

— Cordell Hull

#appreciation #assure #disappointment #done #enhance

I think it's because it was an emotional story, and emotions come through much stronger in black and white. Colour is distracting in a way, it pleases the eye but it doesn't necessarily reach the heart. ↗

— Kim Hunter

#black #black and white #colour #come #distracting

I had the trade minister in China sit down as we were preparing for trade negotiations. He said, 'Please don't let people in the United States lose their confidence because when you lose your confidence, the rest of the world suffers'. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#china #confidence #down #had #i

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings. ↗

— Dean Inge

#cat #human #human beings #more #pleased

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#anything #i #i am #never #part

I have to tell everyone that when I finish a film and it goes out and is released, I never look at my films again. I don't like looking back. I don't even like talking about 'em! So I'm really digging back in my memory because I don't like to sit and look at my films again. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#again #back #because #digging #even

Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic. ↗

— Wyclef Jean

#back #classic #come #feel #feel good