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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#american idea #democratic #every #every man #god

So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored. ↗

— Paul Begala

#american troops #called #casualty #fight #first

Cancun is the only place I've ever visited outside America. ↗

— Jason Behr

#ever #i #only #outside #place

The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy. ↗

— Chris Bell

#american #american people #conduct #delay #democracy

This is not to be cocky, but, I go over real well at Comic-Con. I've done quite a few Comic-Cons, and I enjoy the hell out of them. They are so much fun, and so bizarre. I've done the FX Show in Florida, Wizard-World in Chicago, Comic-Con in San Diego, Wonder-Con in San Francisco, the Comic-Con in New York, and I've done them numerous times. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#chicago #cocky #comic-con #diego #done

In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#angeles #been #california #collected #country

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#america #children #class #classes #first

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#bear #because #examination #find #justify

My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity. ↗

— Roberto Benigni

#am #because #childhood #farmer #father

I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's true. With the camera so close, you can see right down into your soul, hopefully. So being able to do that in a way is terrifying, and in another way, truly liberating. And I like that about it. ↗

— Annette Bening

#about #acting #another #another way #being