#ric

In the wake of World War II, most Democrats and liberals claimed that if justice could be done and was not, only evil intent could explain the inaction. Most Republicans and conservatives replied scornfully that the vagabonds were simply calling yet again for an equal share of wealth that others had earned. Most moderates, both Democrats and Republicans, admitted that more justice demanded to be done, but they warned that equality, absent the striving and competition that had always characterized American life, might be an attractive dream, but it was not “the” American Dream. Pursuing the American Dream, 7, 196 ↗

— Cal Jillson

#role-of-government #dreams

So that a famine price is vague, and the plan subject to all the inconvenience now experienced. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#famine #inconvenience #now #plan #price

We really only came around to accepting and integrating the propositional dimension of identity into a concept of ourselves at the time of the American Revolution. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#american #american revolution #around #came #concept

Today there are not even enough fruits and vegetables in this country to allow all Americans to follow the government guidelines to eat five to nine servings a day. ↗

— Mark Hyman

#allow #country #day #eat #enough

It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this reality and ground ourselves in it, we are compelled to take a strict accounting of our way of life. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#awareness #bonds #citizens #clearly #compelled

We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States. ↗

— Kim Jong Il

#american people #friends #good #good friends #government

We in Congress need to support the American forces in every conceivable way, giving them the tools to continue to convert, capture or kill terrorists and the time to equip the Iraqi security forces. ↗

— Bob Inglis

#capture #conceivable #congress #continue #convert

The Council of Islamic Affairs is doing a great service to the world by promoting a greater understanding in America of the rich heritage of the Islamic peoples and their hopes and aspirations for the future. ↗

— Aly Khan

#america #aspirations #council #doing #future

I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome. ↗

— Hans Kung

#bishops #i #i remember #remember #rome

The reason we wouldn't make a seven-inch tablet isn't because we don't want to hit a price point, it's because we don't think you can make a great tablet with a seven-inch screen. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#great #hit #make #point #price