Quotes by American authors

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Small: Power has to be insecure to be responsive
Ralph Nader
"Power has to be insecure to be responsive"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked
Ralph Nader
"Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I
Ralph Nader
"Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit
Ralph Nader
"The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret
Ralph Nader
"Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies
Ralph Nader
"This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcohol
Ralph Nader
"Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: Your best teacher is your last mistake
Ralph Nader
"Your best teacher is your last mistake"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated
Ralph Nader
"When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: Once you dont vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democ
Ralph Nader
"Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: When you cant make them see the light, make them feel the heat
Ronald Reagan
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat"
Ronald Reagan, President
Small: There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder
Ronald Reagan
"There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder"
Ronald Reagan, President
Small: Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets
Ronald Reagan
"Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets"
Ronald Reagan, President
Small: Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didnt pass it to our children in the bloods
Ronald Reagan
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same"
Ronald Reagan, President
Small: In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds
Robert G. Ingersoll
"In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortu
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both
C. Wright Mills
"Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both"
C. Wright Mills, Sociologist
Small: Go, and never darken my towels again
Groucho Marx
"Go, and never darken my towels again"
Groucho Marx, Comedian
Small: Either hes dead or my watch has stopped
Groucho Marx
"Either he's dead or my watch has stopped"
Groucho Marx, Comedian
Small: All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats
Groucho Marx
"All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats"
Groucho Marx, Comedian
Small: A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke
Groucho Marx
"A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke"
Groucho Marx, Comedian
Small: Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts
George Santayana
"Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts"
George Santayana, Philosopher
Small: Why should I care about posterity? Whats posterity ever done for me?
Groucho Marx
"Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?"
Groucho Marx, Comedian
Small: There are as many opinions as there are experts
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"There are as many opinions as there are experts"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
Small: The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
Small: The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it
Bill Cosby
"The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it"
Bill Cosby, Comedian
Small: Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing
Bill Cosby
"Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing"
Bill Cosby, Comedian
Small: While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them.
Henry David Thoreau
"While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings"
Henry David Thoreau, Author
Small: The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest
Henry David Thoreau
"The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest"
Henry David Thoreau, Author
Small: Justice is sweet and musical but injustice is harsh and discordant
Henry David Thoreau
"Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant"
Henry David Thoreau, Author
Small: There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature
Henry David Thoreau
"There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature"
Henry David Thoreau, Author
Small: Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence
Henry David Thoreau
"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence"
Henry David Thoreau, Author
Small: The only time to buy these is on a day with no y in it
Warren Buffett
"The only time to buy these is on a day with no "y" in it"
Warren Buffett, Businessman
Small: I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market th
Warren Buffett
"I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years"
Warren Buffett, Businessman
Small: I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, were only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean,
Warren Buffett
"I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it"
Warren Buffett, Businessman
Small: More people are troubled by what is plain in Scripture than by what is obscure
Roy L. Smith
"More people are troubled by what is plain in Scripture than by what is obscure"
Roy L. Smith, Clergyman
Small: If youre old, dont try to change yourself, change your environment
B. F. Skinner
"If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment"
B. F. Skinner, Psychologist
Small: Flattery is all right so long as you dont inhale
"Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale"
Adlai E. Stevenson, Politician
Small: That old law about an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing
Martin Luther King Jr.
"That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing"
Martin Luther King Jr., Minister
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