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The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its debt in the penitentiary or the poor house. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#find #generally #house #living #men

I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old. ↗

— Charles Sumner

#i #known #man #never #old

Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#believes #character #enterprise #experience #great

Furthermore, the unearned increment from land appears in the United States as a gain to the first comers, who have here laid the foundations of a new State. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#comers #first #foundations #furthermore #gain

Obama's view of the tax code is inherently political: Whom can we hit next? Energy companies, jet owners, bankers? Instead, the question should be how to promote economic efficiency by raising revenue without trying to manipulate corporate or personal behavior. ↗

— John Sununu

#behavior #code #companies #corporate #economic

Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will. ↗

— John Sununu

#ballot #elected #find #get #great

The nominee is Mitt Romney. Paul Ryan joins Mitt Romney. The budget plan, the approach on Medicare and all of that is going to be the Romney plan. What he has is a man as his number two who understands the details of budgets, who has demonstrated a willingness to take on tough issues. ↗

— John Sununu

#budget #budgets #demonstrated #details #going

The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one. ↗

— Robert Smith Surtees

#always #being #gentleman #infallible #know

My close proximity to many of the newsmakers can give me a different perspective about people in politics and what they might say than others who don't know them. ↗

— Greta Van Susteren

#close #close proximity #different #different perspective #give

An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party. ↗

— Ice T

#control #crowd #master #only #party