I was looking for a good quote to use this morning for a presentation.
Winston Churchill was full of them:
"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English."
Full disclosure: I am a bit Irish myself
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Defund govt
To fully fund govt first the national debt would have to be paid. The US Govt is $18 TRILLION in debt, using 350 million people in the USA it would require $51,000 from every man, woman and child to pay it off. And that's just the Federal debt. Did you write your check yet?
To fully fund govt first the national debt would have to be paid. The US Govt is $18 TRILLION in debt, using 350 million people in the USA it would require $51,000 from every man, woman and child to pay it off. And that's just the Federal debt. Did you write your check yet?