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Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America.
by Thomas Sowell (Economist, American , born in 1930) keywords: america, bracket, called, decade, imagine, into, more, move, need, political, poorest, population, promise, radical, remain, richest, states, system, than, united , within 2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve.
by Baldwin Spencer (Statesman, Antiguan , born in 1948) keywords: curve, direct, economy, investments, number, opens, private, promise, pronounced, sectors, set, substantial, swiftly, transform , upward Someone once accused me of being like Eliot Ness. I sad no sir, I'm not E.N., but I can promise you that I'm not Al Capone!
by Robert Stack (Actor, American , born in 1919) keywords: accused, al, being, capone, eliot, ness, once, promise, sad, sir , someone I also believe our country made a promise to veterans and their families. Veterans have kept their end of the bargain, and now, the VA is looking to pull out the rug.
by Ellen Tauscher (Politician, American , born in 1951) keywords: also, bargain, believe, country, end, families, kept, looking, made, now, our, out, promise, pull, rug, their, va , veterans The United States did not keep its promise to help us fight for freedom and it was in the same fight that the United States lost 50,000 of its young men.
by Nguyen Van Thieu (Statesman, Vietnamese , born in 1923) keywords: did, fight, freedom, help, keep, lost, men, promise, same, states, united, us , young Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything.
by Helen Thomas (Journalist, American , born in 1920) keywords: administration, after, campaign, comes, down, every, everything, house, information, lock, more, open, others, preserve, president, private, promise, secretive, some, than, their, thinks, trail, want , white As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.
by Marlo Thomas (Actor, American , born in 1937) keywords: built, came, catastrophic, children, father, help, helpless, him, his, hospital, illnesses, most, much, promise, stayed, success , true You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.
by Fred Thompson (Politician, American , born in 1942) keywords: after, example, expense, known, ourselves, prior, promise, promises, protecting, setting , substitute It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine.
by Paul Tsongas (Politician, American , born in 1941) keywords: academe, beyond, commencement, everything, fine, halls, happy, holds, hope, lie, myth, often, only, perpetuated, promise , worry I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.
by Eamon de Valera (Statesman, Irish , born in 1882) keywords: adding, any, burn, continued, decent, europe, fed, feeling, flames, fuel, guilty, hatred, human, left, passion, promise, shall, strive, up, war, whatever , which That's what so sad about a lot of modern music, in my opinion, so many young bands never stay around long enough to fulfill their ultimate promise. They only get halfway there or a quarter of the way there.
by Alan Vega (Musician, American , born in 1938) keywords: around, bands, enough, fulfill, get, halfway, long, lot, many, modern, music, never, only, opinion, promise, quarter, sad, stay, their, ultimate, way , young The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on.
by Bernard De Voto (Writer, American , born in 1897) keywords: bad, been, day, dungeon, even, found, gnawing, going, heart, lifted, promise, pulse, rat, season, sense, stops, sun, walls, weight, withdraw, wood , your Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done.
by Charles Wesley (Clergyman, American , born in 1707) keywords: alone, cries, done, faith, god, impossibilities, laughs, looks, mighty, promise, sees , shall The most he would do was to promise that the gates of hell should not prevail against it. It is about all that, looking back on the history of the Church, one can feel that they have not done.
by Charles Williams (Editor, English , born in 1886) keywords: against, back, church, done, feel, gates, hell, history, looking, most, prevail, promise, should , would
