“Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan and George Bush, but yesterday's gasoline prices are all Clinton's fault. 2. You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own. 3. You have to be against all government programs, but expect Social Security checks on time.” YearsBelieveGovernmentNationsSocialAchieveSecurityBirthRepublicanProgramFaultsClintonCurrentsProsperityDuesYesterdayChecksPrivilegedSocial SecurityGasolineGovernment ProgramsGasoline Prices Author:Ann Richards
“We should try to achieve things for ourselves and not rely on former or past family glories with which we have no connection but the arbitrary nature of our birth.” ShouldTryingPastAchieveBirthGloryConnectionsFormerRelyArbitrary Author:Shirley Franklin
“Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. And they compound over time, becoming harder and harder to bridge, making too many young men and women feel like, no matter how hard they try, they may never achieve their dreams.” MenFeelsTryingMayMatterHardDreamYoungOpportunityAchieveBirthBecomingMen And WomenHarderBridgesYoung ManGapsCompounds Author:Barack Obama
“Buddhist nirvana ... is based on egolessness and is not anthropocentric but rather cosmological. In Buddhism, humans and the things of the universe are equally subject to change, equally subject to transitoriness or transmigration. A person cannot achieve emancipation from the cycle of birth and death until he or she can eliminate a more universal problem: the transience common to all things in the universe.” HumansPersonsProblemUniverseCommonAchieveSubjectsBuddhismBirthAll ThingsUniversalBuddhistCyclesEmancipationBirth And DeathTransience Book:Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought Source: Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought
“We Americans are free to give our opinions and make our voices heard. We work in a free enterprise economy that, for over 200 years, has lifted countless individuals above the circumstances of their birth to achieve their God-given potential. We have been an exceptional country because, here, people are free to practice their faiths and worship God.” PeopleGivingYearsHas BeensCountryIndividualGivenVoiceOpinionPracticeEconomyHeardAchieveBirthCircumstancesWorshipEnterpriseExceptionalWorship GodFree Enterprise Author:Marco Rubio