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- I first saw President Reagan as a foot, highly polished brown cordovan wagging merrily on a hassock. I spied it through the door. It was a beautiful foot, sleek. Such casual elegance and clean lines! But not a big foot, not formidable, maybe a little ...frail. I imagined cradling it in my arms, protecting it from unsmooth roads.
- Peggy Noonan (1950 - ), speechwriter for the Reagan administration
- Captial punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
- Orrin Hatch, Republican senator
- The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as American citizens. The time is come - it now is - when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship. America's future depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God's government.
- Reverend Peter Marshall, on being elected Chaplain of the U. S. Senate in January 1947
- [He] looks at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- Who will relieve me of this Wuthering Height
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- If heaven is going to be full of people like Hardie, well, the Almighty can have them to himself.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- There but for the grace of God goes God.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- [On recognizing China] But if you recognize anyone it does not mean you like them. For instance, we all recognize the right honourable gentleman the member for Ebbw Vale.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- Plato had slaves...George Washington had slaves... So, do I feel intrinsically better than these two men? Of course I do! They're dead!
- Todd Andrew Reid
- Then there was LSD, which was supposed to make you think you could fly. I remember it made you think you couldn't stand up, and mostly it was right.
- PJ O'Rourke
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