#nor

The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to establish means of communication and transportation, was enormous. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#between #capital #communication #country #enormous

We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children. ↗

— Patricia Sun

#around #beauty #because #brains #brilliance

Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

#courtesy #government #handled #indispensable #most

Let's use the opportunities before us to stand for Christ. If we will do, God himself will honor our efforts and America can be restored. ↗

— Randall Terry

#before #christ #efforts #god #himself

It's counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority. ↗

— John Sununu

#both #congress #controls #cooperate #divisive

If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

#challenge #constant #experience #going #i

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#beloved #christianity #clergy #country #degree

What is left when honor is lost? ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#left #lost

It is only the ignorant who despise education. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#education #ignorant #only #who

I've experienced the tabloids when I had anorexia. ↗

— Tracey Gold

#experienced #had #i #tabloids