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When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#baffled #democracy #democratic #democratic society #deny

I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business. ↗

— Randy Travis

#awards #business #having #i #just

We genuinely believe to this day that it was an honest genuine mistake and we never imagined the punishment would be eight months. The precedent dictated that it was unlikely to be that. We don't regret he played for that period. ↗

— David Gill

#day #dictated #eight #genuine #genuinely

We need to continue to make the case that Michigan is where you ought to be. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#continue #make #michigan #need #ought

Our great history has been that people came to Michigan because you didn't have to have a college degree to get a good-paying job. Consequently, we have got a larger number of our population that right now are facing outsourcing, et cetera, without higher or advanced degrees. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#because #been #came #cetera #college

The thing I miss most from home, is having a home. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#childhood-memories #family #father #home #homeless

When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there. ↗

— Darrell Hammond

#department #director #florida #health #home

I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years. ↗

— Jerry Harrison

#continue #could #disappointed #done #good

The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine. ↗

— Marcus Terentius Varro

#dinner #exceed #graces #guests #i

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity. ↗

— Claud-Adrian Helvetius

#disposition #esteem #general #glory #happy