#oda

Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime. ↗

— Frank Serpico

#becoming #crime #free #free speech #harder

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx. ↗

— Jose Serrano

#central #diverse #especially #like #living

There are no Rabbits in the north-west. This statement, far from final, is practically true today, but I saw plenty of Lynxes, and one cannot write of ducks without mentioning water. ↗

— Ernest Thompson Seton

#ducks #far #final #i #mentioning

I feel like we were the last generation, and there's this big divide before and after the 1990s. I feel sorry for the kids today. It's all too much. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#before #big #divide #feel #generation

I bought a pair of Birkenstocks today - let's be real. I wanted a chunky sandal that was functional. That should tell you where I am at as far as fashion. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#as far as #be real #bought #far #fashion

And as part of my activity there, he had indicated he wanted me to work with him on that and conduct the various technical tests. And so a few months later I moved from Southern California up to the Monterey Peninsula where I still live today. ↗

— John Sexton

#california #conduct #few #had #him

Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result, today more than 45 million are without any health coverage. ↗

— John Shadegg

#bureaucracy #care #competition #comprises #costs

The reality is that the workforce relative to the number of people retired has shrunk and today in America there are only 3.3 working Americans paying payroll taxes to support each individual currently retired and collecting Social Security taxes. ↗

— John Shadegg

#collecting #currently #each #individual #number

When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you can show to some degree this sort of thing then you can show a great deal more of how people are living and a very great percentage of our people today. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#deal #degree #great #great deal #how

The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#deterrence #dictator #enemy #friend #made