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When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#endangered #free #free press #free speech #hold

Somewhere along the line the rhythms and tonalities of music elided in my brain with the sounds that words make and the rhythm that sentences have. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#brain #line #make #music #rhythm

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#fools #only #peace #services #wartime

It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come. ↗

— Jennie Finch

#far #how #how far #incredible #sports

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. ↗

— Mark Twain

#carries #cat #learn #learns #man

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#never #solution #war

We cannot learn men from books. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#cannot #learn #men #we cannot

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#contrary #earnest #error #more #often

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#century #made #need #reason #terrifying

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#him #his #into #man #retire