Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
The Last Song
Song lyrics, The One (1992)
2019-01-05
Trump to Ocasio-Cortez: 'America will never be a socialist country'
Joel Gehrke
Washington Examiner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/trump-to-ocasio-cortez-america-will-never-be-a-socialist-country
2019, January 2019
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
The Last Song
Song lyrics, The One (1992)
F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872–1930) British politician
Speech to the Constitutional Club (20 November 1923), quoted in The Times (21 November 1923), p. 17
“If we [lawyers] are corruption-free, the whole country will be corruption-free.”
Folake Solanke (1932) Nigerian lawyer
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/03/kidnap-of-schoolgirls-stop-paying-ransom-to-criminals-solanke-tells-fg/ Folake Solanke in 2021 cautioning lawyers against corruption.
James P. Gray (1945) American judge
Source: Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs, 2011, p. 9
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2009, Farewell speech to the nation (January 2009)
Context: President Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." As I leave the house he occupied two centuries ago, I share that optimism. America is a young country, full of vitality, constantly growing and renewing itself. And even in the toughest times, we lift our eyes to the broad horizon ahead.
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Scotland in the World Forum (February 4, 2008), Church of Scotland (May 25, 2009)
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2002, Compassionate Conservatism (April 2002)
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2004, Speech to United Nations General Assembly (September 2004)
William Wallace (1270–1305) Scottish landowner and leader in the Wars for Scottish Independence
Statement before the Battle of Stirling Bridge (11 September 1297), as quoted in History of Scotland (1841) by Patrick Fraser Tytler, p. 121
Context: We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free. Let your masters come and attack us: we are ready to meet them beard to beard.
Chesty Puller (1898–1971) United States Marine Corps general
[Davis, Burke, Marine!: The Life Of Chesty Puller, 1988, Bantam Books, New York, N.Y., 9780553271829, 273].