#tribute

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#certain #complex #endowed #institution #name

One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#comfortable #confidence #dedicated #father #friend

The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#books #comic #comic books #easy #effects

The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#combinations #contribute #distress #frequently #poor

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. ↗

— Thurgood Marshall

#fellow #highest #humanity #our #ourselves

We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from. ↗

— Jose Marti

#contribute #created #evil #free #human

You see, 30 years ago I didn't have near the audience I have now. My tapes on the cults have reached a circulation of 15 million. those are not my figures but the figures of the people who distribute them. ↗

— Walter Martin

#audience #circulation #cults #distribute #figures

On this National Agriculture Day, when we all should be taking time to thank and pay tribute to America's farmers, ranchers and their families who produce the food for our tables, we are finding those same people in dire need of our help and support. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#america #day #dire #dire need #families

Well, uh, all people - all, I think all human begins, uh, have good attributes, and they also have their flaws. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#attributes #begins #flaws #good #human

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#america #celebrates #day #given #lives