Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. quotes
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“I've always been a big supporter of the Constitutional right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition government for redress of grievances. It's just that I never envisioned it taking the form of thousands of people screaming 'you asshole!' at me.”
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“History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of government.”
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“The United States is not a Christian nation. It is a great nation with Christians, among others, in it. But our greatness is based on the fact that there is no official religion.”
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“That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet.”
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“The time has come to knock off this religion business in American politics. There's no end to the mischief that can occur. It is like putting nitroglycerine in a Waring blender.”
-- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
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“Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?”
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“I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.”
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“We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.”
Source : Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). “The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784”, p.80, UPNE
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