#ren

I want my children to live in the country, to be a part of nature. ↗

— Kent McCord

#country #i #live #nature #part

I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American. ↗

— Ana Castillo

#american citizen #american citizens #citizen #citizens #i

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#between #deny #difference #frauds #i

We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#all americans #change #country #current #decades

Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity. ↗

— David Hare

#obedience #paganism #strength #virtue

Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#allowed #between #capital #commerce #countries

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#ascendant #general #mankind #mediocrity #power

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#any #both #decided #desirable #experience

The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity. ↗

— Robert Heller

#between #bureaucrats #choice #difference #exclusively

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#creative #encouraging #liberal #our #own