Ro Khanna (1976) U.S. Representative from California
Source: Twitter post https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1078674237311860736 (28 December 2018)
Source: Twitter post https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1078674235495796736 (28 December 2018)
Ro Khanna (1976) U.S. Representative from California
Source: Twitter post https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1078674237311860736 (28 December 2018)
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2009, A World without Nuclear Weapons (April 2009)
Oswald Mosley (1896–1980) British politician; founder of the British Union of Fascists
Revolution by Reason, p. 31, quoted in Robert Skidelsky, Oswald Mosley (Papermacs, 1981), p. 145.
“We must demand the highest order of integrity and ability in our public men”
Theodore Roosevelt The Strenuous Life
1900s, The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses (1900), The Strenuous Life
Context: Let us, as we value our own self-respect, face the responsibilities with proper seriousness, courage, and high resolve. We must demand the highest order of integrity and ability in our public men who are to grapple with these new problems. We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to rise to the high level of the new demands upon our strength and our resources. Of course we must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the causes of disaster.
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
Page 353
2000s, Promises to Keep (2008)
Greta Thunberg (2003) Swedish climate change activist
Twitter post https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1140904436094644224 (18 June 2019) <br class="br">2019
“Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries — but it is a force stronger than crime.”
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author
This I Believe (1952)
Context: Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries — but it is a force stronger than crime.
I believe in the patient gallantry of nurses... in the tedious sacrifices of teachers. I believe in the unseen and unending fight against desperate odds that goes on quietly in almost every home in the land.
“The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher