“we make a great fuss about national conscience, but it consists mainly in insisting upon everyone ascribing our national policy to highly moral motives, rather than in examining what our motives really are.” MotivationMoralUnited StatesPolicyConscienceMotiveExaminingInsisting Book:Economic philosophy Source: Economic philosophy
“I learned a lot of different things from different schools. MIT is a very good place…. It has developed for itself a spirit, so that every member of the whole place thinks that it’s the most wonderful place in the world—it’s the center, somehow, of scientific and technological development in the United States, if not the world … and while you don’t get a good sense of proportion there, you do get an excellent sense of being with it and in it, and having motivation and desire to keep on” IfsThinkingWorldDifferentStatesWholeSchoolSpiritDesireMotivationUnitedUnited StatesLearningWonderfulDevelopmentMembersVery GoodExcellentProportionDifferent ThingsTechnologicalGood SensePlaces In The WorldGood PlaceLogical ThinkingMitWonderful PlacesTechnological Development Author:Richard P. Feynman
“Law enforcement does counter political extremism here in the United States in the exact same way that they do political extremists who are infiltrated into the United States, who may come from a religious motivation, as we saw overseas in Europe. But the same methodologies have to be used.” WayMayDoeStatesLawPoliticalUsedMotivationReligiousUnitedUnited StatesSawsEuropeLaw EnforcementEnforcementExtremismExtremistMethodologyPolitical Extremism Author:Malcolm Wrightson Nance
“I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules against illegal immigration, and I'll tell you what the answer is. The answer is that when the television cameras turn off and the spotlight moves to something else, there are a host of interest groups and advocacy groups who work very, very hard to make it difficult to enforce these rules. I'm not commenting adversely on their motivation, but I can tell you the effect of all of this is to wear down the ability of an agency to enforce the law.” YearsI CanSometimesHardStatesSeemsMovingLawMotivationTurnsDifficultInterestAbilityAnswersUnitedUnited StatesTroubleGroupsEffectsTelevisionCamerasImmigrationAgencyIllegalHostSpotlightTurn OffAdvocacyIllegal ImmigrationInterest Groups Author:Michael Chertoff
“We must stop criminalizing mental illness. It's a national tragedy and scandal that the L.A. County Jail is the biggest psychiatric facility in the United States.” StatesInspirationMotivationUnitedUnited StatesTragedyIllnessMental IllnessJailHealthcareScandalFacilityCountyPsychiatric Author:Elyn Saks
“My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once-scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become governor of the state of California and then stand here... then stand here in Madison Square Garden and speak on behalf of the president of the United States - that is an immigrant's dream. It is the American dream.” ThinkingStatesMomentsDreamMotivationSpeakGrowsPresidentUnitedBoysUnited StatesGrowing UpGardenFellowsCaliforniaImmigrantsSquaresAmerican DreamGovernorsBehalfMadisonAustriaMadison Square Garden Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger