#rote

Men and women have served and died to protect American democracy, but their sacrifice will be for naught if that democracy dies from the poison the Supreme Court has injected into our political organs. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#court #democracy #died #dies #injected

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. ↗

— Graham Greene

#always #bell #calls #dumb #guard

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#absence #confiscation #gold #gold standard #inflation

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#even #fragile #freedom #measure #must

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that. ↗

— Judd Gregg

#another #area #been #environmental #environmental protection

The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment. ↗

— Judd Gregg

#country #dedicated #deserve #enjoy #freedoms

And he said that he wrote the Bond character based on the character of David Niven. That's how he saw Bond. ↗

— Val Guest

#bond #character #david #how #said

Now, I'll tell you something that might interest you. Casino Royale was the first Bond book that Ian Fleming ever wrote. And he couldn't get anybody to touch it, to publish it - he couldn't do anything about it at all. Nobody wanted to know. ↗

— Val Guest

#anybody #anything #bond #book #casino

You have discovered so much kindness and good will to those you thought were oppressed, and had no helper, that I am sure you will not despise what I have wrote, if you judge it will be of any service to them. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

#any #despise #discovered #good #had

All you hear Catholics turning out these days are pop versions of the old Protestant anthems. ↗

— Richard Morris

#days #hear #old #out #pop