#pre

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty. ↗

— William Cobbett

#buoy #empty #falsehoods #last #long

In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it impracticable to unite the religious bodies in any system of combined religious instruction. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#any #because #bodies #combined #come

I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#big #bore #club #fire #going

Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#keep #made #medicare #must #promises

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#american dream #believe #children #dream #grandchildren

Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isn't real. ↗

— Frank Stella

#chaos #fully #human #human personality #into

We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people. ↗

— Thad Cochran

#american people #defend #force #freedom #make

Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sure that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified. ↗

— Thad Cochran

#congress #going #here #his #i

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it. ↗

— Alexander Cockburn

#contradict #existing #first #first law #journalism

I think it's also the case that I'm not as widely travelled, or as well-educated in history, as most of the other novelists I meet: so I have to write about my own country, at the present time, because it's more or less all I know about! ↗

— Jonathan Coe

#also #because #case #country #history