#sen

And because of these programs like Medicare, Medicare prescription drugs, Social Security, we now have the healthiest and wealthiest group of senior citizens that the world has ever seen. This is a continuing commitment to that. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#citizens #commitment #continuing #ever #group

For far too long, the people of Northern Ireland have been denied an equal voice and equal representation in government. It is time for the Assembly and Executive to be up and running and the people's business to be addressed. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#assembly #been #business #denied #equal

I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications. ↗

— Kate Walsh

#like #lot #medications #really #sensitive

If you want to stay in for the long haul, and lead a life that is free from illusions either propagated by you or embraced by you, then I suggest you learn to recognize and avoid the symptoms of the zealot and the person who knows he is right. For the dissenter, the skeptical mentality is at least as important as any armor of principle. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#freethought #skepticism #life

Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now. ↗

— Stephen M. Walt

#cold war #cuba #during #even #less

In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are all one. For though islands appear separate, and may even be situated at great distances from one another, they are only extrusions of the same planet, Earth. ↗

— J. Donald Walters

#appear #distances #each #earth #even

Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It's got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again. ↗

— Julie Walters

#big #birthdays #bothered #dreadful #felt

Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live. ↗

— Julie Walters

#learn #live #much #place #present

Throughout the lead-up to the war, CNN worked hard to air all sides of the story. We had a regular segment called Voices of Dissent in which we spent time covering antiwar protests and interviewing those who were opposed to the war with Iraq. ↗

— Jim Walton

#antiwar #called #cnn #covering #dissent

Agriculture was the first manufacturing industry in America and represents the best of all of us. ↗

— Zack Wamp

#america #best #first #industry #manufacturing