Quote by Mike Wallace
My parents came from Russia and suddenly they wound up in Boston,

My parents came from Russia and suddenly they wound up in Boston, Massachusetts, Brookline, Massachusetts and they felt the sun rose and set on Franklin Delano Roosevelts backside because he meant so much to them. This was freedom. This was something totally different from the Russia they had left. – Mike Wallace

Other quotes by Mike Wallace

As I approach my 88th birthday, its become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, arent quite what they used to be. The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing. – Mike Wallace

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Even a liberal reporter is a patriot, wants the best for this country. And people, your fair and balanced friends at Fox, dont fully understand that. – Mike Wallace

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The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it. – Jonathan Sacks

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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. – James Madison

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Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another. – John Clayton

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