Quotes of: Benjamin-franklin Keyword

You can study government and politics in school, but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time.

Rob McKenna

Any time people come together in a meeting, we're not necessarily getting the best ideas; we're just getting the ideas of the best talkers.

Susan Cain

That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth.

Nassau William Senior

I say, 'If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.'

Natalie du Toit

It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.

Natalie du Toit

Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.

Natalie du Toit

Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.

Natalie du Toit

Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The one noticeable similarity with almost all serial killer victims is their short height and low weight.

Pat Brown

Securities fraud generally and insider trading in particular should be eminently deterrable crimes.

Preet Bharara

Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept.

Robert Bork

I bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves.

Roy Cohn

Throughout history, while day-to-day life has changed, humanity hasn't.

Rachel Harris

It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.

Robert H. Jackson

You don't want to line up on the blocks and know you have not done everything you possibly can.

Stephanie Rice

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

Sonia Sotomayor

My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.

Sonia Sotomayor

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.

Sonia Sotomayor