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«I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.»
Author: Barber B. Conable, Jr.
| About:
Congress
| Keywords:
congress, drag, heeled, heels, on the way
«Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.»
Author: Hermann Goering
| About:
Politics,
War
| Keywords:
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«I wish that for just one time / you could stand inside my shoes / and just for that one moment / I could be you. / Yes, I wish that for just one time / You could stand inside my shoes / You'd know what a drag it is / to see you.»
«Life and love are life and love, a bunch of violets is a bunch of violets, and to drag in the idea of a point is to ruin everything. Live and let live, love and let love, flower and fade, and follow the natural curve, which flows on, pointless.»
«Executives are like joggers. If you stop a jogger, he goes on running on the spot. If you drag an executive away from his business, he goes on running on the spot, pawing the ground, talking business. He never stops hurtling onwards, making decisions and executing them.»
Author: Jean Baudrillard
| Keywords:
drag, executing, executives, hurtling, jogger, joggers, onwards, on the spot, paw, pawing, paws, The Spot
«How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!»
Author: Logan Pearsall Smith
(Writer)
| Keywords:
bigot, bigots, drag, drag out, infuriate, infuriates, infuriating
«Drop anchor anywhere and the anchor will drag - that is, if soul is a limitless, fathomless sea, and not a dog pond»
Author: Elbert Hubbard
| About:
Soul
| Keywords:
anchor, anchored, drag, drop anchor, fathomless, limitless, pond, ponds, the pond
«For God's sake, do not drag me into another war! I am worn down, and worn out, with crusading and defending Europe, and protecting mankind; I must think a little of myself»
Author: Sydney Smith
(Clergyman, Essayist, Wit)
| Keywords:
crusade, crusades, crusading, defending, drag, protecting, The Crusades