There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life.

Two basic rules of life: 1. Change is Inevitable 2. Everyone Resists Change. Remember this: When you are through changing... you're through.

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Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans.

Benjamin Todd Jealous

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

Wendell Berry

If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.

Carl Levin

We can't help it. Life looks for life.

Carl Sagan

No matter what is happening in the world, I continue to believe in humanity. The power of positive thinking is always enough.

Britt Skrabanek

Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave--with both ends kicked out.

Vance Havner

Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

Johnny Unitas

It started when I left Vegas that first time, skipping the hotel bill, driving off in that red convertible all alone, drunk and crazy, back to L.A. That's exactly what I felt. Fear and loathing.

Hunter S. Thompson, Songs Of The

The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.

Ernest Istook

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

Josh Billings

Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface.

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