#pass

But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers. ↗

— Preston Brooks

#down #expulsion #future #history #i

I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq is so much more important than investing in passenger rail right here in the United States of America. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#american #american public #explain #here #i

The harshness and choice of words can cut deeply. Republicans need to show compassion and to be reasonable when talking to any ethnic group. ↗

— Henry Bonilla

#choice #compassion #cut #deeply #ethnic

Nearly two weeks have passed since Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast, and while we are still dealing with the tremendous devastation - and will be for quite some time - we are also seeing increased signs of recovery and help in our region. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#also #coast #dealing #devastation #gulf

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion. ↗

— Nadia Boulanger

#conditions #essential #everything #love #must

It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had. ↗

— James Bovard

#few #forefathers #freedom #given #had

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#excess #fire #like #only #passions

When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death; I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion. ↗

— George Etherege

#cannot #death #diseased #endure #grows

I don't want my readers slowed down by long passages of narrative. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#i #long #narrative #passages #readers

The House passage of our bill is a victory for this country! Common sense wins out. I'm just so thrilled and excited. The sale of guns must stop. Halfway measures are not enough. ↗

— Sarah Brady

#common #common sense #country #enough #excited