Common sense isn't.
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| If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived. Most important of all the will for peace on the part of peace loving nations must express itself to the end that nations that may be tempted to violate their agreements and the rights of others will desist from such a course. There must be positive endeavors to preserve peace. America hates war, America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace. |
| ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. FDR Speaks authorized edition of speeches, 1933-1945 (recordings of Franklin Roosevelt’s public addresses), side 4, bridge dedication speech—”Quarantine” Speech at Chicago, Illinois (Oct. 5, 1937), ed. Henry Steele Commager, Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, Washington Records, Inc. (1960). This was part of a campaign on the part of the President to prepare Americans for the realities of an impending world conflict and the need to counteract the acts of aggression which were possibly headed toward another world war. ~ |
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| I will sketch for your consideration a substitute which has occurred to myself for the faulty part of the Constitution in question: "The electors to be chosen in districts, not more than two in any one district . . . Each elector to give two votes, one naming his first choice, the other his next choice. If there be a majority of all the votes on the first list for the same person, he of course to be President; if not, and there be a majority . . . on the other list for the same person, he then to be the final choice; if there be no such majority on either list, then a choice to be made by joint ballot of the two Houses of Congress from the two names having the greatest number of votes on the two ballots taken together." . . . The same process might be observed in electing the Vice President. |
| ~ Letter to George Hay, August 23, 1823 (James Madison, III, page 335.) ~ |
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| After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws." |
| ~ Plutarch, Roman Apophthegms. Cicero. ~ |
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| Come, hostess, dress it (a trout) presently, and get us what other meat the house will afford, and give us some of your best barley wine (strong ale), the good liquor that our honest forefathers did use to drink of; the drink which preserved their health, and made them live so long and do so many good deeds. |
| ~Izaak Walton, The Complete Angler (1593-1683) ~ |
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| It took six weeks of debate in the Senate to get the Arms Embargo Law repealed—and we face other delays during the present session because most of the Members of the Congress are thinking in terms of next Autumn’s election. However, that is one of the prices that we who live in democracies have to pay. It is, however, worth paying, if all of us can avoid the type of government under which the unfortunate population of Germany and Russia must exist. |
| ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. letter, Jan. 4, 1940, to Crown Prince Olav of Norway. The Roosevelt Letters, vol. 3, p. 302, ed. Elliott Roosevelt, George G. Harrup & Co., Ltd. (1952). Although he was sometimes frustrated with the short- sightedness of the Congress and the public concerning where the national interest might lie in facing the dictators, the President still believed that the democracies held the upper hand in the end because the system under which they operated was superior, and he had faith that eventually the good sense of the electorate would lead them to the proper responses. ~ |
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| Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything. |
| ~ Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations. v. 21. ~ |
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| _Bump!_ "Ow!" squeaked something. "That's funny," though Pooh. "I said `Ow!' without really oo'ing." |
| ~ -- Pooh falls onto Piglet _The House at Pooh Corner_, p. 40 ~ |
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