#sid

How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S, President? ↗

— James Bovard

#criticize #gift #how #lot #many

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered. ↗

— Marvin Bower

#considered #decisions #facts #objectively #should

On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts. ↗

— David Bowie

#demons #ghosts #hand #i #inside

If you are Iraqi, you know who I am... and you know that I do not tire. I am the president of Iraq and I refuse to answer these questions because this court is illegitimate. ↗

— Saddam Hussein

#answer #because #court #i #i am

Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy and negotiations to try and arrive at a peaceful solution to this problem. ↗

— Allen Boyd

#arrive #authority #congress #diplomacy #encouraging

How can I teach my boys the value and beauty of language and thus communication when the President himself reads westerns exclusively and cannot put together a simple English sentence? (John Steinbeck, in a private letter written during the Eisenhower administration) ↗

— John Steinbeck

#of #president #remind #you #beauty

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#born #coming #great #i #i remember

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#greatest #insidious #liberty #meaning #men

I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#believe #big #big challenge #challenge #frankly

It was good to travel to the other side of the world. ↗

— Andre Braugher

#other #side #travel #world