“I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the body of American music, it gives me strength as a writer, like I'm dipping my pen into a deep ink well. That's the folk music tradition. Like Pete Seeger said, 'Everyone's a link in the chain.' It's a strong chain, so rely on it. ... I believe it takes all those great songs in the past to make your song even a little bit good.” GivingFeelsWritingBelieveWellsLittlesHas BeensSaidBodyPastSongStrongI BelieveBitsEnjoyWrittenLittle BitTraditionGive MeFolksChainsRelyMy TimePensSongwritingLinksVeinsInkCould Have BeenWriting SongsFolk MusicTappingAmerican MusicGive Me Strength Author:Ketch Secor
“There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.” Has BeensCountryPoliticalPoliticsStrongEducationIssuesMilitaryTraditionFunctionEducatePolitical Issues Author:J. William Fulbright
“Personally, I have been very impressed by the slow food movement. It is about celebrating the culture of food, of sharing the extraordinary knowledge, developed over millennia, of the traditions involved with quality food production, of the sheer joy and pleasure of consuming food together. Especially within the context of family life, this has to be one of the highest forms of cultural activity.” Has BeensTogetherFormJoyCulturePleasureQualityFamilyKnowledgeMovementInvolvedActivityHighestTraditionExtraordinaryProductionsCelebrateSheerImpressedFamily LifeConsumingFood ProductionSheer JoySlow Food Author:Prince Charles
“The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of all faith traditions in all parts of the world.” WorldHas BeensCountryFaithTraditionRadicalModeratesBattlegroundCountries Of The World Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“It is interesting, that termites don't build things, and the great builders of our nation almost to a man have been Christians, because Christians have the desire to build something. He is motivated by love of man and God, so he builds. The people who have come into (our) institutions (today) are primarily termites. They are into destroying institutions that have been built by Christians, whether it is universities, governments, our own traditions, that we have.... The termites are in charge now, and that is not the way it ought to be, and the time has arrived for a godly fumigation.” PeopleMenWayHas BeensGovernmentTodayChristianDesireNationsInterestingOughtBuiltTraditionInstitutionsUniversityMotivatedDestroyingGodlyBuilder Author:Pat Robertson
“All European tradition, Marxism included, has conspired to defy the natural order of all things. Mother Earth has been abused, the powers have been abused, and this cannot go on forever. No theory can alter that simple fact. Mother Earth will retaliate, the whole environment will retaliate, and the abusers will be eliminated. Things come full circle, back to where they started. That's revolution.” Has BeensWholeFactsEarthMotherOrderNaturalSimpleForeverEnvironmentTheoryRevolutionGoes OnTraditionAll ThingsAbuseCirclesMarxismMother EarthAbusersNatural OrderFull Circle Author:Russell Means
“Truth is new, as well as old. It has new forms; and where you may find a new statement, an earnest statement, you may conclude that by the law of progress it is more likely to be a correct statement than that which has been repeated for ages by the lips of tradition.” WellsMayHas BeensTruthAgeFormLawProgressTruth IsTraditionLipsStatementsEarnest Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin