#ted

Nowadays, many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country, the graves of the fallen are sadly ignored, and worse, neglected. ↗

— Allen West

#cemeteries #country #day #fallen #forgotten

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat. ↗

— Allen West

#atlanta #born #city #combat #commission

But when I look at the fact that today is 1,000 days that we have not had a budget for the United States of America, you know, the House, one of the things we did, we passed a budget last year. But that is still sitting over there at the Senate. And so we have got to get this country back on track. ↗

— Allen West

#back #budget #country #days #did

I think we have to understand that when tolerance becomes a one-way street, it will lead to cultural suicide. We should not allow the Muslim Brotherhood or associated groups to be influencing our national security strategy. ↗

— Allen West

#associated #becomes #brotherhood #cultural #groups

We want an economic team, Paul Krugman and Robert Kuttner, Joseph Steiglitz's people and others, who say, you know what? We're sophisticated economists but we're concerned about poor and working people. ↗

— Cornel West

#concerned #economic #economists #joseph #know

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#complete #family #friends #must #natural

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields? ↗

— Kanye West

#creative #express #field #fields #given

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. ↗

— Mae West

#drifted #i #snow #snow white #used

I'm always most excited about the job I'm doing at the present, and that's especially true about 'Price' because of my respect for the show and it's production team. ↗

— Randy West

#always #because #doing #especially #excited

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. ↗

— Rebecca West

#cannot #complicated #forgets #learn #man