#led

It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#country #duty #expending #finance #government

I ask the vice president to stop dodging the issue with legalese, and acknowledge his continued ties with Halliburton to the American people. ↗

— Frank Lautenberg

#american #american people #ask #continued #dodging

The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#dignity #england #escape #hard #honor

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#able #another #degree #dishonesty #entitled

The best moderators are the moderators who are essentially invisible. A moderator who is there to be seen and heard and to be talked about either, 'oh, God, what a great question,' or, 'oh, God, what a lousy question,' that to me is a failed moderator. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#best #either #essentially #failed #god

Al Jazeera aired a new tape of Osama bin Laden. It was the usual stuff, he called Bush evil, the Great Satan, called him a war monger. Basically, the same thing you heard at last night's Democratic debate. ↗

— Jay Leno

#al #basically #bin #bush #called

I've had the odd good luck of starting slowly and building gradually, something few writers are allowed anymore. As a result I've seen each of my books called the breakthrough. And each was, in its way. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#anymore #books #breakthrough #building #called

A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag. ↗

— David Letterman

#before #consider #demanding #evidence #example

The invisible dilemma is that men face the very real problem that they don't feel comfortable bringing these issues up and they tend not to be acknowledged at work. ↗

— James Levine

#bringing #comfortable #dilemma #face #feel

I acknowledge that Hulu's easy accessibility probably keeps some people from pirating. But a respected industry analyst says less than 5% of TV content is being stolen today. ↗

— Steven Levitan

#acknowledge #analyst #being #content #easy