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“America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.”

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Jesse Helms

Jesse Helms was a prominent figure in American politics, serving as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. He was known for his conservative views and his influential role in shaping American foreign policy and social issues during his tenure. more

“It is astonishing to think that millions of people in my time—now, too, I suppose—actually thought that at a given moment in history two human beings had evolved to a higher state than that of all the gods that ever were or ever will be. This is titanism, as the Greeks would say. This is madness.”

People Thinking Humans Two States Moments Given Human Beings Millions Higher Madness Greek My Time Astonishing

Author:Gore Vidal

“California is a tragic country — like Palestine, like every Promised Land. Its short history is a fever-chart of migrations — the land rush, the gold rush, the oil rush, the movie rush, the Okie fruit-picking rush, the wartime rush to the aircraft factories — followed, in each instance, by counter-migrations of the disappointed and unsuccessful, moving sorrowfully homeward.”

Source: Conversations with Christopher Isherwood

“Well, that day is gone, and it will not occur again.”

Wells Gone

Author:Dianne Feinstein

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