I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend.
Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them enforced.
We have a lot of things we give away to people who are very, very wealthy in this country. And I'm not sure that our federal government can afford that.
Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant.
I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.
But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.
I made a commitment and a promise to Ms. McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother, that I will pursue justice with the family at every avenue, be it on the federal level or at the state level.
Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household.
You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family.
Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.
Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon friendship.
Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.
Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police officers have in just being on the streets.
The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
