#rig

The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among all classes of citizens and that all alike shall be subject to the same punishment. ↗

— Lyman Trumbull

#among #anyone #bill #citizens #civil

I do believe that freedom isn't free - but today the corporate and political right wing is trying to cheapen this truly American value. They've been cynically using the word 'freedom' to rally the American public against its own best interests. ↗

— Richard Trumka

#american #american public #been #believe #best

And, you know, money is - the money edge is really dangerous to democracy. Because what you have right now - people have said to me that, look, you'll always be outspent, so how can you ever win? ↗

— Richard Trumka

#because #dangerous #democracy #edge #ever

So it must be my mental, because sometimes when I start on the tee, I still worry about whether my ball is going to hit right or left. ↗

— Yani Tseng

#ball #because #going #hit #i

I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#death #had #i #if i could #liberty

Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances. ↗

— Abraham Tucker

#circumstances #dwell #every #parts #pleased

The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate and private relations of his life is not borne out by the history of governments. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#claim #exercised #governments #his #history

The right of such control is already admitted by the State Socialists, though they maintain that, as a matter of fact, the individual would be allowed a much larger liberty than he now enjoys. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#allowed #already #control #enjoys #fact

Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. ↗

— John Tukey

#answer #approximate #better #exact #far

An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem. ↗

— John Tukey

#approximate #deal #exact #good #good deal