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American politics2 quotes
It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate. — Walter Cronkite · 1968"We, the people." It is a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787 I was not included in that "We, the people." I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation and court decision, I have finally been included in "We, the people." — Barbara Jordan · 1974Vietnam War2 quotes
It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate. — Walter Cronkite · 1968To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe in the face of the evidence the optimists who have been wrong in the past. To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, if unsatisfactory, conclusion. — Walter Cronkite · 1968Commitment (relationships)1 quote
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it. — Beyonce · 2008Downsides of patriotism1 quote
I worry that patriotism run amok will trample the very values that the country seeks to defend. — Dan Rather · 2002Drugs1 quote
How about a positive LSD story, that would be newsworthy, don’t you think? Anybody think that? Just once to hear a positive LSD story; “Today a young man on acid…realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves…Here’s Tom with the weather. — Bill Hicks · 1991Judgment1 quote
You got to know when to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away,
and know when to run. — Kenny Rogers · 1978Marriage1 quote
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it. — Beyonce · 2008Media1 quote
It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate. — Walter Cronkite · 1968Men and women1 quote
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it. — Beyonce · 2008Patriotism1 quote
I worry that patriotism run amok will trample the very values that the country seeks to defend. — Dan Rather · 2002Persian Gulf War1 quote
I was in the unenviable position of being for the war but against the troops. — Bill Hicks · 1991Political progress1 quote
"We, the people." It is a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787 I was not included in that "We, the people." I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation and court decision, I have finally been included in "We, the people." — Barbara Jordan · 1974Supporting the troops1 quote
I was in the unenviable position of being for the war but against the troops. — Bill Hicks · 1991The internet1 quote
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. — Mike Godwin · 1994War1 quote
To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe in the face of the evidence the optimists who have been wrong in the past. To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, if unsatisfactory, conclusion. — Walter Cronkite · 1968