“Thomas Jefferson, the leading Enlightenment figure in the United States, along with Benjamin Franklin, who took exactly the same view, argued that dependence will lead to "subservience and venality", and will "suffocate the germs of virtue". And remember, by dependence he meant wage labor, which was considered an abomination under classical liberal principles.” StatesRememberUnitedViewsPrinciplesUnited StatesVirtueFiguresEnlightenmentLaborDependenceFranklinGermsAbominationSubservience Author:Noam Chomsky
“Before I was born [my father] wanted me to go specifically to Yale, which he thought would help. It was easy for him to think I could be president: he didn't have to worry about being president himself, being ineligible because he wasn't born in the United States.” ThinkingStatesHelpingWantedFatherEasyPresidentBornUnitedWorryUnited StatesYale Author:Calvin Trillin
“I love books, food, music, sleep, people who work, heated arguments, the United States of America, and my wife and children. I dislike politicians, preachers, genteel persons, people who do not work or are on vacation, closed minds, movies, loud noises, and oiliness.” PeopleMindChildrenPersonsBookStatesAmericaSleepUnitedUnited StatesWifePoliticianArgumentMy WifeNoiseLoudDislikeVacationPreacherUnited States Of AmericaClosed MindLoud Noises Author:Rex Stout
“We are living in the United States of Alzheimer's. A whole country has lost its memory. When it can't remember yesterday, a country forgets what it once wanted to be.” CountryStatesWholeWantedRememberLostMemoriesForgetUnitedUnited StatesYesterdayAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Studs Terkel
“Surely the United States Senate is big enough to take self-criticism and self-appraisal. Surely we should be able to take the same kind of character attacks that we "dish out" to outsiders.” ShouldKindSelfStatesEnoughCharacterBigsAbleUnitedUnited StatesCriticismSenateOutsidersDishesSelf CriticismAppraisal Author:Margaret Chase Smith