#vic

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#clarity #comes #conviction #disappointment #gain

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.' ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#army #asked #bidding #cheney #competitive

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#government #half #high #high school #making

The walls are raised against honest men in civic life. ↗

— William H. O'Connell

#civic #honest #honest men #life #men

If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#around #known #lincoln #only #racism

Conviction without experience makes for harshness. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#conviction #harshness #makes #without

I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation's schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And it's unfortunate. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#become #civics #concerned #education #had

It is our job to work for the government of the day and so that means working for Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, and we need to do those preparations just to be sure that we're ready for whoever you, the British public, elect and that's core to our civil service values over the last 150 years. ↗

— Gus O'Donnell

#brown #civil #civil service #core #day

There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain. ↗

— Gus O'Donnell

#action #applied #better #britain #civil

Governments of all stripes want to deliver growth and rebalance their economies now that they have learned the hard way that, left to their own devices, markets pick expensive banking losers. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#deliver #devices #economies #expensive #governments