Newton B. Drury quotes

“We are not so poor we must destroy our wilderness, nor so rich we can afford to.”
-- Newton B. Drury

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“By patience and determination, rather than by a harsh upsetting of tradition, we move toward our national aspirations.... This is the way we get things done in America. One man tells another, does what he can, till the sum of these efforts grows into a national aspiration-a precious goal. Then occurs our miracle of democracy: because the groundwork has been surely laid, the goal is already within our grasp.”
-- Newton B. Drury

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“We're not so poor that we have to spend our wilderness or so rich that we can afford to.”
-- Newton B. Drury

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“Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we're abusing our planet to the point of almost no return.”

“Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.”

“Rich could play way better than Krupa.”

“Poor and free rather than rich and enslaved. Of course, men want to be both rich and free, and this is what leads them at times to be poor and enslaved.”

“Know what [drug] you're using, decide just why you're using it, and you can have a rich experience.”

“Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.”

“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom.”

“Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.”

“It must be poor life that achieves freedom from fear.”

“Actors never say they're poor. They're always broke. It's always just temporary. 'Broke' is 'poor with hope'.”