A. Johnson
A. Johnson
integrity angel men
There are some who lack confidence in the integrity and capacity of the people to govern themselves. To all who entertain such fears I will most respectfully say that I entertain none . . . If man is not capable, and is not to be trusted with the government of himself, is he to be trusted with the government of others . . . Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs.
move people positions struggle
We had to move people around and it was a struggle in some positions for us today.
attention focus gets grave point somebody sure
The point is, somebody else is in need and in a grave condition. You want to focus on that and make sure that the person gets the attention that he needs.
doctors lawyers meet ok point stutter
The point is to be OK with your stuttering - and meet adults who stutter who are doctors and lawyers and engineers.
good money pay people players
The people who didn't pay to see these players now will have to pay professional money to see them play in the future. They're going to be good players in college.
concerned people speaks understood voted yes
The people who voted yes understood the issue, and that is really what we are concerned about. I think it speaks for itself.
destroying health led myopic obsession party president reform
The myopic obsession of the Tea Party with destroying health care reform and wounding the president has led Republicans astray.
functions funds government leaders public school shifting
As more government functions are privatized, we find political leaders defunding the public school system, shifting government funds to the private, for-profit school industry.
english-musician financing
I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop.
dream children ambition
My love for my children makes me glad that I am what I am, and keeps me from desiring to be otherwise; and yet, when I sometimes open a little box in which I still keep my fast yellowing manuscripts, the only tangible remnants of a vanished dream, a dead ambition, a sacrificed talent, I cannot repress the thought, that after all I have chosen the lesser part, that I have sold my birthright for a mess of pottage
music long-ago fire
O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?
mother helping busy
My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.
effort suffering trying
Make yourself as happy as possible, and try to make those happy whose lives come in touch with yours. But to attempt to right the wrongs and cease the sufferings of the world in general is a waste of effort.
sadness men paris
When we arrived in London, my sadness at leaving Paris was turned into despair. After my long stay in the French capital, huge, ponderous, massive London seemed to me as ugly a thing as man could contrive to make.