#tate

Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#because #being #democracy #dictatorship #discipline

My knowledge of the state of President Roosevelt's health was derived entirely from conversations, from newspaper articles and from photographs. ↗

— David Bruce

#conversations #derived #entirely #health #knowledge

A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#changeless #indeed #stable #state #twere

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#become #choose #construction #flatterers #guides

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#broccoli #eat #going #haven #i

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States. ↗

— George W. Bush

#distinctions #done #honours #i #president

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#forget #lincoln #most #politician #professional

Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it. ↗

— Paul Begala

#defining #dictates #generally #gonna #terms

I'm a liberal Democrat, and I state that proudly. ↗

— Tom Bergeron

#i #liberal #proudly #state

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist. ↗