“The Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by ‘special interests.’ But when pressed to name these ‘special interests,’ the usual reply is women, blacks, teachers, and unions. Those are ‘special interests’ to be proud of—because together they comprise the majority of Americans. What about the ‘special interests’ that dominate the Republican … Continue reading Random Quote for August 26, 2026
“Some people make a bad bed, they just have to lie in it.”~Virginia Euwer Wolff American author Virginia Euwer Wolff was born on this day in 1937.
“I don’t always understand other people’s motives. I will repeat that for my own benefit, if you don’t mind. I don’t always understand other people’s motives.”~Elaine Dundy American novelist, biographer, journalist, actress, and playwright Elaine Dundy was born on this day in 1921.
“It might be added that corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure and facilitate the activities of human beings, to be sure, and their ‘personhood’ often serves as a useful legal fiction. But they are not themselves members of ‘We the People’ by whom and for whom … Continue reading Random Quote for April 20, 2026
“Good government is known from bad government by this infallible test: that under the former the labouring people are well fed and well clothed, and under the latter, they are badly fed and badly clothed.”~William Cobbett English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, soldier, and farmer William Cobbett was born on this day in 1763.
“The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.”~Huey Newton African American revolutionary, political activist, and co-founder of the Black Panther Party, Huey Newton was born on this day in 1942.
“Every one of the world’s dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.”~Harold H. Greene American jurist Harold H. Greene was born on this day in 1923.
“May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.”~Millard Fillmore Thirteenth President of the United States Millard Fillmore was born on this day in 1800.
“The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.”~Wendell Phillips American abolitionist, labor reformer, temperance activist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney Wendell Phillips was born on this day in 1811.
“A government is for the benefit of all the people.”~William Howard Taft Twenty-seventh President of the United States (1909 to 1913) and tenth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1921 to 1930) William Howard Taft was born on this day in 1857.
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