#tod

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#ago #always #believed #everyone #gotten

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#america #ancestors #been #born #descendants

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#bill #bill of rights #first #first amendment #freedom

If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#cancer #cured #declared #had #i

It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#political #public #public interest #rarity #risk

Today, they're just up there for the money, just packaged and be gone. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#just #money #packaged #today #up

You know what shows today are missing? Stars. ↗

— Aaron Spelling

#missing #shows #stars #today #you

I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the history that provided a safe haven for so many of us today. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#anything #back #documentaries #educate #entire

I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#art #book #certainly #east #i

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up. ↗

— Brent Spiner

#basically #business #give #look #people