#po

One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. ↗

— James K. Polk

#great #just #majorities #minorities #object

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government. ↗

— James K. Polk

#character #foreign #foreign powers #government #our

Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family. ↗

— James K. Polk

#country #degree #depend #family #fear

Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a few thousand years of human culture rather than the fifteen billion years of the history of the universe. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#beings #billion #course #culture #deny

I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#christian #classical #creation #creator #distinction

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#become #business #i #i think #shame

Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#burt #director #lancaster #largely #me

By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#creating #focus #focus groups #greater #groups

I mean, certainly it's the single biggest event, I think, in terms of popular entertainment, or art even, if you say that, of the 20th Century. It's been film. It's the 20th Century's real art form. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#art #art form #been #biggest #century

Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring of all earthly establishments. ↗

— Channing Pollock

#earthly #enduring #establishments #most #popular