James G. Watt quotes
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“They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers.”
-- James G. WattSource : "Weinberger and the press: point, counterpoint" by Richard Halloran, www.nytimes.com. 1982.
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“My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.”
-- James G. WattSource : The Washington Post, May 24, 1981.
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“Liberals have shifted government into a position of being neutral between right and wrong. By concentrating power in government institutions, liberals chisel at the three pillars of society: the family unit, work ethic and faith. That's not good for America.”
-- James G. WattSource : U.S. News and World Report, November 11, 1985.
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“After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back.”
-- James G. WattSource : "A blessing in disguise" by Edward Helmore, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2005.
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“I was driven from my position as Interior Secretary, not because of my environmental record, but because of my Christian beliefs. That's the real struggle.”
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“Early American speeches, from Washington's to Patrick Henry's, have been detheologized in history textbooks. No one has called it censorship.”
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“In the 1980s... it was a liberal philosophy of government that changed the rules to suit its own political ends. We were forfeiting our freedoms to conform to a humanistic philosophy that was patently antireligious.”
-- James G. WattSource : James G. Watt, Doug Wead (1985). “The courage of a conservative”, Simon & Schuster
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“If i get 8 hours to cut a tree i'll spend 7 hours to sharp my knife.”
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Source : Akira Kurosawa (2011). “Something Like An Autobiography”, p.192, Vintage
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Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
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“It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.”
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“Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.”
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