“Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.” StatesFactsUsePoliticalSocialLeaderHonestSecurityFiguresJudgingCitizensDataBeing HonestSocial SecurityPolitical LeadersForthcoming Author:Grace Napolitano
“Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this world. Compulsion is applied from above as self-discipline relaxes below, and the last liberties expire under the weight of a unitary state.... Since religion has lost its empire over the souls of men, the most prominent boundary that divided good from evil is overthrown; kings and nations are guided by chance and none can say where are the natural limits of despotism and the bound of license.” MenWorldFirstsSoulSelfStatesGovernmentLastsEvilLostNationsNaturalChanceAbilityPleasureLibertyMoralHonestThis WorldKingsDisciplineLimitsWeightBoundsCorruptionBoundariesGenuineRelaxEmpiresGoodsDividedDecayCommerceSelf DisciplineLicenseCompulsionDespotismProminentHamperMoral DecayHonest Government Author:Russell Kirk
“Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.” StatesDoneRunningFunnyWorkMorningHonestPoliticianLateMusicianBeing HonestGoverningSinger SongwritersHumorists Author:Kinky Friedman
“The honest and serious student of American history will recall that our Founding Fathers managed to write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution without using the term 'democracy' even once. No part of any of the existing state Constitutions contains any reference to the word. [The men] who were most influential in the institution and formulation of our government refer to 'democracy' only to distinguish it sharply from the republican form of our American Constitutional system.” MenWritingStatesGovernmentFormFatherTermDemocracyHonestStudentsHe ManSeriousRepublicanConstitutionIndependenceInstitutionsHistoricalRecallsAmerican HistoryDeclarationFoundingInfluentialOur Founding FathersDeclaration Of Independence Author:Clarence Manion
“There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched.” PeopleHardStatesClassHonestConscienceIntentionManageBewitched Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Some European countries insist on saying that during World War II, Hitler burned millions of Jews and put them in concentration camps. Any historian, commentator or scientist who doubts that is taken to prison or gets condemned. Although we don't accept this claim, if we suppose it is true... If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe - like in Germany, Austria or other countries - to the Zionists and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe. You offer part of Europe and we will support it.” IfsWorldGivingShouldWarCountryStatesAcceptingMillionsSupportTakenDoubtHonestOffersEuropeScientistClaimsPrisonJewWar Of The WorldsGermanyConcentrationCampsHistorianWorld War IiWorld War IBurnedOther CountriesProvincesCommentatorsZionistConcentration CampEuropean CountriesAustria Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.” FirstsStatesEnoughStrongStepsCasesFailingHonestHonestyGreatnessBeing HonestFirst StepsStrong Enough Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“But however mysterious is nature , however ignorant the doctor, however imperfect the present state of physical science , the patronage and the success of quacks and quackeries are infinitely more wonderful than those of honest and laborious men of science and their careful experiments.” MenStatesWonderfulHonestDoctorsCarefulExperimentsIgnorantMysteriousImperfectPhysical ScienceQuacksPatronageQuackery Book:THE HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD Source: THE HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD
“Thanks to guys like Boss Tweed, famous for saying, 'I don't give a damn who does the voting, as long as I do the nominating,' there hasn't been an honest election in the USA since sometime around the War Between the States.” GivingLongDoeWarStatesGuyHonestElectionThanksDamnUsaVotingBossDon't Give A DamnI Don't Give A DamnTweedNominating Author:L. Neil Smith
“By the standards of honest, if unorthodox, accounting, government workers don't pay taxes, but are paid out of taxes. In other words, they pay taxes out of money confiscated from taxpayers, who, in turn, pay taxes twice: on their own income and on the income of members of the bureaucracy. At the very least, this should disqualify state workers from voting.” IfsShouldStatesGovernmentTurnsPayHonestTaxesMembersStandardsPaidWorkersIncomeVotingBureaucracyTaxpayersAccountingUnorthodoxGovernment Workers Author:Ilana Mercer
“The first essential responsibility of the state is control of the market-place: there must be some official charged with the duty of seeing that honest dealing and good order prevail. For one of the well-nigh essential activities of all states is the buying and selling of goods to meet their mutual basic needs; this is the quickest way to self-sufficiency, which seems to be what moves men to combine under a single constitution.” MenWayNeedsFirstsWellsSelfStatesWisdomSeemsMovingOrderPoliticsResponsibilityEconomySeeingHonestDutyActivityEssentialsConstitutionSellingOfficialsLiberalismBuyingMutualGoodsSelf SufficiencySufficiencyBasic NeedsAll StateBuying And Selling Author:Aristotle
“I feel like I owe it to the readers to try to pull back the veil and give them the honest version of what's going on. But it's not more fun. If Obama, as he does sometimes already, gets a little snippy with me about something I've written, you're thinking, 'Oh God, the president of the United States is already annoyed with me.'” IfsThinkingGivingFeelsTryingLittlesDoeSometimesStatesFunPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWrittenHonestReaderVersionsVeilsAnnoyed Author:Maureen Dowd
“I'm not sure if a mental relation with a woman doesn't make it impossible to love her. To know the mind of a woman is to end in hating her. Love means the pre-cognitive flow...it is the honest state before the apple.” IfsKnowsLoveMindMeanEndsStatesHateImpossibleHonestFlowRelationNot SureApplesCognitiveLove Means Author:D. H. Lawrence
“The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name.... We must be impartial in thought as well as in actiona nationthat neither sits in judgment upon others nor is disturbed in her own counsels and which keeps herself fit and free to do what is honest and disinterested and truly serviceable for the peace of the world.” WorldWellsStatesFactsNamesUnitedUnited StatesHonestFitJudgmentDisturbedNeutralityDisinterested Author:Woodrow Wilson
“I regard the state of which I am a citizen as a public utility, like the organization that supplies me with water, gas, and electricity. I feel that it is my civic duty to pay my taxes as well as my other bills, and that it is my moral duty to make an honest declaration of my income to the income tax authorities. But I do not feel that I and my fellow citizens have a religious duty to sacrifice our lives in war on behalf of our own state, and, a fortiori, I do not feel that we have an obligation or a right to kill and maim citizens of other states or to devastate their land.” FeelsWellsWarStatesWaterReligiousPayMoralOur LivesSacrificeLandHonestDutyCitizensTaxesAuthorityOrganizationRegardFellowsBillsIncomeObligationGasElectricityDeclarationBehalfUtilityCivicsSuppliesIncome TaxCivic DutyMoral Duty Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“I'm for higher standards measured in an intellectually honest way, with abundant school choice, ending social promotion. And I know how to do this because as governor of the state of Florida I created the first statewide voucher program in the country, the second statewide voucher program, in the country and the third statewide voucher program in the country.” KnowsWayFirstsCountryStatesSchoolChoicesSocialKnow HowHonestHigherStandardsProgramThirdsGovernorsFloridaPromotionHigher StandardsVouchersSchool Choice Author:Jeb Bush
“I really, really love China. To be honest, the food is so amazing! When I first went to Beijing and Shanghai, I actually became obsessed with soup dumplings, and would stand in lines and get them on the street. It was something that I became obsessed with and when I came back to the States, I did all this research for the best soup dumplings in the Los Angeles area and in the New York area and it was amazing to find those Asian dishes that were authentic and I can enjoy them at home.” FirstsI CanStatesHomeEnjoyLinesStreetsHonestNew YorkResearchAreasChinaBeing HonestObsessedLos AngelesDishesSoupAsianBeijingShanghaiDumplings Author:Tyra Banks
“I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.” MenMayStatesUsedHouseHeavenPresidentWhiteRoomsWiseHonestHonestyPrayingBlessingGoldWhite HouseRoofQuotationsI PrayMarbleHereafterFranklinDiningInscriptionsFireplacesDining RoomsCapitalizationPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt Book:Letters of John Adams: Addressed to His Wife Source: Letters of John Adams: Addressed to His Wife
“I'm really close to my mom, but things with my dad have been different. He has dementia and watching him change, I've actually started to think that it's a purer state for people. Because he operates as if he's a child and everything is new, which seems more honest.” PeopleIfsThinkingChildrenHas BeensDifferentStatesSeemsHonestMomDadMy DadMy MomDementia Author:Blake Butler
“I deliberately state my age because it keeps me honest. I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.” ThinkingIdeasStatesAgeLyingHonestSooner Or LaterBad Ideas Author:Rita Moreno
“There is no magic. Harry Potter was probably the last one. There are no Harry Potters in politics. There are people who should be hard working, admit their mistakes - and we made a lot of mistakes - make an honest self-critic but change what we did wrong. What did we do wrong? We built a state which is big, which is corrupted, which is a state which should radically change. What is Mr Tsipras saying - keep it as it is, so everything that is old belongs to him.” PeopleShouldMadeSelfHardStatesBigsLastsMistakeMagicHonestHard WorkBuiltCriticsHarry PotterPottersMagic Harry Potter Author:Dora Bakoyannis
“You will see the constitution of the United States almost destroyed. It will hang like a thread.... A terrible revolution will take place in the land of America.... [T]he land will be left without a Supreme Government,... [Mormonism] will have gathered strength, sending out Elders to gather the honest in heart... to stand by the Constitution of the United States.... In these days... God will set up a Kingdom, never to be thrown down.... [T]he whole of America will be made the Zion of God.” HeartMadeStatesWholeGovernmentAmericaLeftUnitedUnited StatesLandHonestRevolutionTerribleConstitutionSupremeGods WillKingdomsDestroyedThese DaysThrownThreadEldersConstitution Of The United StatesMormonismZion Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“All laws for the purpose of making man worship God, are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the auto da fe, and lovingly built the dungeons of the Inquisition. All laws defining and punishing blasphemy - making it a crime to give your honest ideas about the Bible, or to laugh at the ignorance of the ancient Jews, or to enjoy yourself on the Sabbath, or to give your opinion of Jehovah, were passed by impudent bigots, and should be at once repealed by honest men. An infinite God ought to be able to protect himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.” MenGivingShouldIdeasStatesAbleLawSpiritPurposeEnjoyBornOpinionLaughingFireHonestCrimeIgnoranceOughtProtectWorshipBuiltInfiniteAncientJewPartnershipDefiningLegislatureHonest ManSabbathBlasphemyJehovahWorship GodBigotsInquisitionDungeonsEnjoy YourselfState Legislatures Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I never thought I would have an opportunity to act in the United States, and continue to expand my career outside of Europe. To be honest, my reality is bigger than I would have ever dared to dream.” StatesDreamRealityOpportunityUnitedCareersUnited StatesHonestEuropeBiggerBeing Honest Author:Diane Kruger
“There's been a lot of comparisons to "The Prisoner," and sometimes people take a negative tact on that, but to be really honest, I count that as a compliment, in the sense that what I felt "The Prisoner" was for the '60's, in how the individual triumphs over the state and authority, our show is really about how complacent we have become in our lives, which are scrutinized.” PeopleSometimesStatesShowsIndividualFeltOur LivesHonestAuthorityNegativeTriumphComparisonComplimentPrisonerComplacentTact Author:Remi Aubuchon
“The scientists Heartland works with demanded we host a ninth conference this year to foster a much-needed frank, honest, and open discussion of the current state of climate science and we just couldn't refuse. The public, the press, and the scientific community will all benefit from learning about the latest research and observational data that indicate climate science is anything but 'settled.” YearsStatesCommunityHonestNeededBenefitsResearchScientistPressesClimateCurrentsRefuseDataDiscussionHostFrankConferences Author:Joseph L. Bast
“When you completely extract yourself from anything familiar, you start reverting back to that state of mind where you're having conversations with yourself, and that's where the weirdest and most honest ideas come from.” MindIdeasStatesHonestConversationFamiliarState Of MindReverting Author:Alan Palomo
“The best men tell you the truth because they think you can take it; the worst men either try to preserve you in some innocent state with their false protection, or are 'brutally honest.' When someone tells, lets you think for yourself, experience your own emotions, he is treating you as a true equal, a friend...And the best men cook for you.” ThinkingMenTryingStatesEmotionWorstHonestHonestyTruth IsEqualProtectionInnocentCooksPreservesThink For YourselfBrutally Honest Author:Whitney Otto
“Let's be honest, half the marriages end in divorce. For me, it's never made much sense. I have a girlfriend and I'm not interested in anyone else, but I still wouldn't want to bring the federal and state government into my life.” WantMadeStillsEndsStatesGovernmentHalfHonestDivorceBeing HonestGirlfriendNot InterestedState Government Author:Bill Maher
“I'll be honest, there have been times when I've listened to the rhetoric in Europe where an easy equivalent somehow between the United States and Russia and between how our governments operate versus other governments operate, where those distinctions aren't made.” Has BeensMadeStatesGovernmentEasyUnitedUnited StatesHonestEuropeRussiaBeing HonestDistinctionRhetoricVersus Author:Barack Obama