Quote by John Podhoretz
While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing un

While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied – and to some extent overshadowed – by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future. – John Podhoretz

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The attack on ObamaCare was that Congress does not have the power under the Commerce Clause to force a private citizen into a private contractual relationship. If such a thing is permitted to stand, the anti-ObamaCare forces argue, there will be no limit to Congresss power in the future. – John Podhoretz

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Future
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The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and cant be allowed to happen. – John Podhoretz

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Government
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Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility. – John Podhoretz

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There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. – Herman Melville

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I look forward to a time, in the not so distant future, when we no longer look forward to firsts as milestones women have yet to achieve, but we look back on them as historic events that continue to teach and inspire. – Dee Dee Myers

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If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, dont teach him to subtract teach him to deduct. – Fran Lebowitz

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Future

What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold. – Tommy Lee Jones

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A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. – Plato

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Nature will not be admired by proxy. – Winston Churchill

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It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all. – Heinrich Heine

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The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying – as common sense sometimes impels us to do – can be hazardous to your health. – Andrew Weil

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