#ric

In Jefferson's mind great historical leaps forward were almost always the product of a purging, which freed societies from the accumulated debris of the past and thereby allowed the previously obstructed natural forces to flow forward into the future. Simplicity and austerity, not equality or individualism, were the messages of his inaugural march. It was a minimalist statement about a purging of excess and a recovery of essence. ↗

— Joseph J. Ellis

#thomas-jefferson #equality

If we are wondering why only 19 percent of the American people feel that the Congress is in tune with their priorities, the cuts in Amtrak is one blatant reason why. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#american people #amtrak #blatant #congress #cuts

This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#global #head #health #historic #international

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#concealed #discover #favor #foolishness #forsake

One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#american #defeat #different #doubt #failed

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#doubted #ever #going #i #i always

If you're honest with yourself, you're going to find out whether you truly love America, or whether your primary allegiance is to the Republican party. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#america #find #going #honest #love

The secret of all effective advertising is not the creation of new and tricky words and pictures, but one of putting familiar words and pictures into new relationships. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#creation #effective #familiar #into #new

Nector [speaking to Bernadette] could have told her, having drunk down the words of Nanapush, that comfort is not security and money in the hand disappears. He could have told her that only the land matters and never to let go of the papers, the titles, the tracks of the words, all those things that his ancestors never understood how the vital relationship to the dirt and grass under their feet. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#native-american #ojibwe #prophesy #treaty #money

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#closed #open #want #world