I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.
Freedom of speech is not an academic value. Accuracy of speech is an academic value; completeness of speech is an academic value; relevance of speech is an academic value. Each of these is directly related to the goal of academic inquiry: getting a matter of fact right.
There's actually a wonderful quote from Stanley Fish, who is sometimes very polemical and with whom I don't always agree. He writes, "Freedom of speech is not an academic value. Accuracy of speech is an academic value; completeness of speech is an academic value; relevance of speech is an academic value. Each of these is directly related to the goal of academic inquiry: getting a matter of fact right."
I oppose amnesty, I oppose citizenship, I oppose legalization for illegal aliens. I always have and I always will.
I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler.
This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don't have it today, a competitive marketplace - that's an idea that both sides embrace.
In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.
This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don't have it today - a competitive marketplace: That's an idea that both sides embrace.
Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.
There are more scriptural reasons to oppose homophobia than to oppose homosexuality.
I've tried to be a better person... I've tried, and tried and tried! You know how hard I've tried! Tell me how I've tried..." "Nice try... Five cents, please!
We who oppose abortion do not oppose those who have had abortions; rather, we embrace them with forgiveness and peace.
I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world.
If men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose.
We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.
For the Negro, Andrew Johnson did less than nothing when once he realized that the chief beneficiary of labor and economic reform in the South would be freedmen. His inability to picture Negroes as men made him oppose efforts to give them land; oppose national efforts to educate them; and above all things, oppose their rights to vote.