Category Archives: Quotes

Today’s Quote-to-Quote: A Quoteload of Quotes on Boats, Rising Tides and Other Shipshape Asides

“A rising tide lifts all boats.” — A favorite quote of Ronald Reagan’s in the 1980 presidential campaign, used to justify cutting taxes on the wealthy and corporations.  “It’s been said, referring to the economy, that a rising tide lifts … Continue reading

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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Bill of Rights

It was January 11, 1944, in the middle of WWII, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt enunciated this new bill of rights for industrialized America. FDR unfortunately died in April, 1945, before the war ended and these rights could be enacted. President Obama … Continue reading

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Today’s Quote: Reality and Satire

“If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, … Continue reading

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Today’s Quote-to-Quote: Maintaining Danger for Profit

“If the people are not convinced [that America is in serious danger] it would be impossible for Congress to vote the vast sums now being spent to avert danger. With the support of public opinion, as marshaled by the press, … Continue reading

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Today’s Quote: Mark Twain on Politics and Commerce

“The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.” — Mark Twain,  from “Mark Twain in Eruption.” [Not much has changed in the 101 years since Twain’s death.]

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