“There’s no good that can come out of secrecy.”
– John Dean, former White House counsel to President Richard Nixon
Category Archives: History
Retro Quote – Jay Leno
“Thanksgiving began in 1621 when Native Americans sat down with a bunch of undocumented pilgrims. They had dinner, and the pilgrims never left.”
– Jay Leno
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Retro Quote – John F. Kennedy
“Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.”
Sadly, today marks the 56th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination here in my beloved home town of Dallas, Texas. I feel that, despite his short life and even shorter presidency, Kennedy helped to cultivate and enhance the concept of a true democratic society and successfully challenged Americans to work hard for those goals and to make their own lives better. We desperately need such leadership and forward-thinking ambitions today.
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Retro Quote – Barbara Jordan
“If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.”
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Retro Quote – Thomas Merton
“If the you of five years ago doesn’t consider the you of today a heretic, you are not growing spiritually.”
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Retro Quote – June Jordan
“To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself. And that’s political, in its most profound way.”
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Retro Quote – Louisa May Alcott
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty believe in them and try to follow where they lead.”
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