#rin

It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#ample #constitution #enduring #fertility #genius

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative. ↗

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

#choose #dog #ever #human #may

We usually use that mostly on the weekends because we have access to the range during the week. But I can tell you a number of times they have had a training holiday at Fort Benning, so nobody trains, and to drag him in is like pulling teeth. ↗

— Nancy Johnson

#because #drag #during #fort #had

Nothing will see us through the age we're entering but high consciousness, and that comes hard. We don't have a good, modern myth yet, and we need one. ↗

— Robert Johnson

#comes #consciousness #entering #good #hard

When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith. ↗

— Junius

#believe #confirms #determined #doctrine #faith

We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems. ↗

— Kelly Jones

#overnight #overnight success #own #problems #really

Most of my friends between 21 and 31 are at different stages of figuring out what the hell they are going to do with their lives. It's a big part of our generation. What is the next step? ↗

— Orlando Jones

#big #different #figuring #friends #generation

You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing. ↗

— Sam J. Jones

#into #month #more #phone #point

There should be a moral principle there that says, let's green the ghetto first. Let's go to those communities where they have the least ability to pay for that retrofit and make sure they get that help, make sure they get that support. And give the young people standing on those corners the opportunity to put down those handguns and pick up some caulking guns and be a part of the solution. ↗

— Van Jones

#communities #corners #down #first #get

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#american #american idea #cannot #country #discarded