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Mencius Quotes

The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: chinese
Birth: 372 BC - 289 BC

Topics

Family Person Kingdom Head Root

I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war.

Women Walk Men War Said Land

Criminal justice, as it pertains to the Goldmans and Morgan Stanleys of the world, is not adversarial combat, with cops and crooks duking it out in interrogation rooms and courthouses. Instead, it's a cocktail party between friends and colleagues who from month to month and year to year are constantly switching sides and trading hats.

Justice World Colleagues Year Party

The purpose of random testing is not to catch, punish, or expose students who use drugs, but to save their lives and discover abuse problems early so that students can grow up and learn in a drug-free environment.

Purpose Random Problems Grow Learn

Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with no responsibility but incredible authority is one of the reasons we're now in so much trouble.

Stuart Symington

Power Responsibility People Giving

I drink a glass of water and half a lemon as soon as I wake up. I heard that it's supposed to balance your body's pH. Not sure if that's true, but to be honest, it really helps with bloating.

Water Balance Wake Up Body True Up

To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful.

Success Wonderful Success Is

'The bigtime for you is just around the corner.' They told me that first in 1952 - boy, it's been a long corner. If I don't hit the bigtime in the next 25 or 30 years, I'm gonna pack in the music business and become a full-time gigolo.

Business Music Me Long You Become

I really love Adina Porter.

Love Really Porter

It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is was deemed advisable to exclude from the national government all power to act upon the subject.

Power Spiritual Government Ambition

My parents told me I'd point to a bed of flowers and say 'Pink. Pretty,' before I knew any other words.

Words Parents Flowers Me Pink Say

The Expanded Learning Time program is a voluntary one - only districts and schools that want to apply are in the program and supported by the state to pursue their plans.

Learning Time Want Plans Pursue

In Mexico, wrestling is part of the cultural fabric. The guys wear masks and they are real-life superheroes.

Wrestling Mexico Wear Fabric Guys

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