Alan K. Simpson

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#against #educated #give #himself #his

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#integrity #matters #nothing #you

I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don't believe male legislators should even vote on the issue. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#believe #consider #deeply #even #i

The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#liberal #merely #mind #nourishes #practical

There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#american people #downward #each #first #leaders

He has to do the heavy lifting and the windows and the wash, and also protect the president. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#heavy #lifting #president #protect #wash

He's a million rubber bands in his resilience. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#his #million #resilience #rubber

If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the toast of the town one day, and the next day you'll be toast. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#enough #game #going #long #next

Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#american people #anything #felt #good #off

You were doing a sadistic little disservice to your country. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#disservice #doing #little #sadistic #were