“The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights.” MeanGovernmentBalanceWheelsFederal Government Book:Memoirs Source: Memoirs
“Partisanship should be kept out of the pulpit... The blindest of partisans are preachers. All politicians expect and find more candor, fairness, and truth in politicians than in partisan preachers. They are not replied to - no chance to reply to them.... The balance wheel of free institutions is free discussion. The pulpit allows no free discussion.” ShouldReligionChanceBalancePoliticianInstitutionsDiscussionWheelsPreacherFairnessPartisansPulpitCandorPartisanship Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“We are all either wheels or connectors. Whichever we are we must find truth and balance, which is a bicycle. Trust and balance are also essential to true love.” BalanceEssentialsWheelsBicycleConnectors Author:Nikki Giovanni
“Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.” MenHumansSocialEducationConditionsBalanceWheelsDevicesMachineryEducatorEducation SystemGood TeacherPublic EducationGreat EducationBest EducationGood TeachingEqualizerEducation For AllEducation In AmericaBoard Of EducationSecondary Education Book:Annual Reports on Education Source: Annual Reports on Education
“Do you know what a balance wheel is?” She shook her head slightly. “There’s one in every clock or watch. It rotates back and forth without stopping. It’s what makes the ticking sound...what makes the hands move forward to mark the minutes. Without it, the watch wouldn’t work. You’re my balance wheel, Poppy.” -Harry Rutledge” KnowsHandsMovingSoundWatchesMinutesBalanceMarkMoving ForwardClockWheelsDo You KnowStoppingBack And ForthPoppies Book:Tempt Me at Twilight Source: Tempt Me at Twilight