#owe

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#car #car keys #giving #keys #like

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

#bedrock #built #consent #derive #governed

I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#danger #endowed #generally #i #lies

Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#christians #cows #dairy #fun #high

I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedback, I wanted communication from the boss. I showed up for work, you can yell at me if you want, but I want input. So that's the kind of coach I want to be. ↗

— Adam Oates

#boss #coach #communication #feedback #hypocrite

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. ↗

— Barack Obama

#cannot #civilian #continue #force #got

Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead. ↗

— Barack Obama

#actually #afghanistan #ago #al #attacked

I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

#flowers #house #hurry #i #monaco

Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants. ↗

— Barack Obama

#each #eight #electricity #enough #expanded

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. ↗

— Barack Obama

#along #american #bridges #build #business