#root

Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a course of social justice to get everyone that wanted a home into one, regardless of whether or not they could afford it. ↗

— Ed Royce

#congress #could #course #crisis #decision

There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the root cause of the problem. ↗

— Mike Royko

#cause #crisis #down #erosion #family

Are we interested in treating the symptoms of poverty and economic stagnation through income redistribution and class warfare, or do we want to go at the root causes of poverty and economic stagnation by promoting pro-growth policies that promote prosperity? ↗

— Paul Ryan

#class #class warfare #economic #economic stagnation #go

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#boulder #bush #deep #dig #gentle

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. ↗

— George Santayana

#false #hunger #philosophy #root #wisdom

Vegetables, which are the lowest in the scale of living things, are fed by roots, which, implanted in the native soil, select by the action of a peculiar mechanism, different subjects, which serve to increase and to nourish them. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#different #different subjects #fed #implanted #increase

Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it. ↗

— Olive Schreiner

#always #color #flower #god #love

We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#lie #must #out #roots #terrorism

You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have to be true to our roots, do what we do, and try to do it a little better each time. ↗

— Bob Seger

#better #each #going #hear #jazz

The roots of Cuban music are in my head. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#head #music #roots