#pro

Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#attitude #dogmas #evidence #find #insists

Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

#beloved country #confident #constructive #country #future

Tech executives have historically been owners of significant portions of their companies' stock so there is a propensity for them to diversify as a rule. ↗

— David Coleman

#companies #diversify #executives #historically #owners

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends. ↗

— John Churton Collins

#friends #know #our #prosperity #us

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection. ↗

— Kim Collins

#improvement #instead #perfection #strive

No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family. ↗

— J. Edgar Hoover

#back #enforcement #family #goes #law

I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools. ↗

— Wilkie Collins

#enormous #fools #i #important #maintained

I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened. This proceeding caused some astonishment and alarm at first; for the Americans generally have a dread of cold air. ↗

— George Combe

#alarm #astonishment #avoid #catching #caused

I had a few fibroids removed, and they left me with a Grand Canyon of scar tissue in my uterus. The doctors weren't sure I'd be able to reproduce. I was prepared for a rough road, and then out of nowhere we conceived. ↗

— Holly Marie Combs

#canyon #conceived #doctors #few #grand

Not surprisingly, some of the super-rich declined to join the Patriotic Millionaires when the Agenda Project reached out to them. At least two airily dismissed the Bush tax cuts for millionaires and above - which will cost well over $700 billion over the coming decade - as small potatoes. ↗

— Joe Conason

#agenda #billion #bush #bush tax cuts #coming