While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially I consider it an impossibility, a development of which we need waste little time dreaming. Lee DeForest
Lee DeForest, quote in the New York Times, 1926, Lee DeForest, American radio pioneer on Television.
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Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty …
Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness. Samuel Adams
(1722-1803) – American revolutionary
If bigger were better, New York City would have lower taxes than …
If bigger were better, New York City would have lower taxes than Pahokee, Fla. Rowland Howard
From 1940s newspaper clipping.
Money, material though it be, does lie at the base of the …
Money, material though it be, does lie at the base of the most useful work you do. In itself nothing, it is the basis of much of the best effort which can be made for spiritual purposes. A.J. Balfour
The Mind of 1918
Anyone who fights for the Future lives in it today. Ayn Rand (‘…
Anyone who fights for the Future lives in it today.
Ayn Rand
(‘Romantic Manifesto’) {WMail Issue #9}
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. …
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. Yoda
The longer I live the more I see that I am never …
The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time. George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, 1856-1950
I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There …
I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston and Concord and Lexington and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever. Daniel Webster
Second Speech on Foot’s Resolution, Jan. 26, 1830. P. 317. 1782-1852
Tonight I want to talk to you about what government can do …
Tonight I want to talk to you about what government can do because I believe government must do more. — Bill Clinton, State of the Union, 1993The era of Big Government is over. — Bill Clinton, State of the Union, 1996 Bill Clinton
Quotations as reported in Time, September 2, 1996, page 32
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of …
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. John Randolph
Legislator (Investor’s Business Daily, January 5, 1999)