“I think it might be better to have the President sort of like the King of England - or the Queen - and have the real business of the presidency conducted by ... a city manager-type, a Prime Minister, somebody who's directly answerable to Congress, rather than a person who moves all his friends into the White House and does whatever he wants for four years.” ThinkingWantYearsPersonsDoeRealMightMovingHousePresidentWhiteCitiesFourTypeKingsEnglandCongressManagersMinistersQueensWhite HousePrimeFour YearsPresidencyPrime Minister Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones.” YearsSpeakChurchKingsMembersSixTwentiesCongressPrivilegeThronesEldersPassing AwayJoseph Smith Author:Brigham Young
“Listen I don't expect an apology from men like Chuck Schumer, and I would put him and other individuals who were attacking me at the top of the list contributing to the low, low public perception of Congress, the integrity of Congress quite frankly.” MenPoliticalIndividualJusticeKingsIntegrityPerceptionLowsCriticismManagementClimateCongressListsDepartmentApologyAttackingContributingChuck Author:Alberto Gonzales
“The Government covers their own ass from things they fail to do to protect its own people from corporations that control the government, which is the reason we don't have checks and balances in this country. They checked how much balance they needed to influence congress and all the other branches of government in some way, shape, or form, and cash is king.” PeopleWayCountryReasonGovernmentFormFailingInfluenceKingsNeededBalanceShapesProtectCongressChecksAssCorporationsBranchesCashBranches Of Government Author:Immortal Technique
“One thing that I'd just remind young people of is that when John Lewis, who's a member of Congress today, defied George Wallace and led the march from Selma to Montgomery, he was 23 years old. Martin Luther King was the old man in the bunch, and he was 35, so young people need to know that they've always been an important part of our society, have always been at the forefront of pushing for a more just America, and we can't be successful without the impatience, the vigor that young people bring to the fight for social justice.” PeopleKnowsMenNeedsYearsImportantTodayAmericaYoungFightingSocialJusticeSuccessfulOne ThingKingsMembersSocial JusticeCongressBunchBeing SuccessfulOur SocietyPushingMarchOld ManLutherImpatienceVigorMontgomeryGeorge Wallace Author:Keith Ellison
“Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them on the throne. It was during this period that the cycle of dietary and planetary destruction began, the thing we're only realizing just now.” RealizingFineKingsPeriodsDestructionCongressThanksCyclesChickensFarmsCollaborationThronesCornCornyCattleSubsidiesSoyAgribusiness Author:Mark Bittman
“I wasn't predicted to be anything. I just followed an inner spirit, and it put me in the right place and the right time. I didn't want to be the mayor of Atlanta. I didn't want to run for Congress. I didn't want to work for Martin Luther King Jr. I wanted to work close to him and be a writer and write about the movement.” WantWritingRunningWantedSpiritMovementKingsCongressRight TimeLutherRight PlaceMayorsAtlanta Author:Andrew Young