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Alben W. Barkley Quotes

I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.

Alben W. Barkley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: vice
Nationality: american
Birth: November 24, 1877 - April 30, 1956

Topics

House Mighty Lord Servant Sit Would

Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you.

Heart History You Know Infinite

We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes Social Security for the next generation that is just entering the workforce.

Today Generation Solution Security

The life of General Alex Dumas is so extraordinary on so many levels that it's easy to forget the most extraordinary fact about it: that it was led by a black man, in a world of whites, at the end of the eighteenth century.

Life Man World Black End Easy

I know I'm late, but I've finally joined Facebook!

Chelsea Clinton

Late Know Facebook Finally Joined

A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark.

Son Reading Story Name Born Know

I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors to come in the 21st century.

Live I Am Seventy Now See Come

You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle.

William J. Clinton

Eagle Wings You Pig Make Put

Instead of hate, celebrate.

Hate Celebrate Instead

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

Leader Opportunity People Me Reach

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

Know Anything Us Necessary Ritual

I got out of difficult situations when many of my classmates didn't because I was smart, and I was lucky, and my parents were amazingly literate and helpful.

Kerry Greenwood

Smart Parents Lucky Difficult Out

You have kids growing up in some of the worst circumstances financially, living in some of the worst ghettos, and they succeed. They succeed because an adult figure, typically a mother, maybe a grandmother, nourishes the kid, supports the kid, protects the kid, encourages the kid to succeed. It's as if the environment never happened.

Mother Growing Up Succeed You Living

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