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I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

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Alexander Woollcott
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Category: Government

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.
  • 2. I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture I want to be healthy and be an example to my children.
  • 3. No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

2 Amazing

  • 1. But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it the more amazed I am by being here at all.
  • 2. I love to go shopping at Target. They have so much stuff there you can buy almost anything it's really amazing.
  • 3. I've had four amazing men in my life very strong powerful wonderful men. I certainly will have a relationship with someone but I don't think I will get married again.

3 Anger

  • 1. There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
  • 2. He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
  • 3. Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway and those are punished most who most obey.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.
  • 2. It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia.
  • 3. This year as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of America's independence please remember the symbols that are sacred to this country. Fly Old Glory high and show your respect and admiration for this great nation and the values we hold dear.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort expressed in organic simplicity.
  • 2. The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.
  • 3. Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.
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