Wake-Up Wisdom
Wake-Up Wisdom
“I pray for the health of Nazis every day. But only for those I can bring to justice.” -Efraim Zuroff, Israel director of the Wiesenthal Center.
“Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.” -Benazir Bhutto
“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and [...]
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“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” - Winston Churchill
“As you educate a woman, you educate the family. If you educate the girls, you educate the future.” - Queen Rania
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love [...]
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“They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Ben Franklin, 1755, to the Pennsylvania State Legislature
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” [...]
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“I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.”– John McCain in response to a question from reporters about his Vietnamese tormentors, February 17, 2000
“Make it a hundred…That would be fine with me.” - John McCain to a questioner who asked if he supported President Bush’s vision for keeping U.S. troops in [...]
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“Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt.” ~ President Herbert Hoover
“Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than use of the drug itself. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use.” ~President Jimmy Carter, August 2, 1977 [...]
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“Honey, I forgot to duck.” - President Reagan to his wife, Nancy after being shot.
“Please tell me you’re Republicans.” - Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, to surgeons as he entered operating room after being wounded in an assassination attempt 30 Mar 81
“Today Mr. President we are all Republicans.” - The reply of one of the [...]
