"Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction,……" — John Shimkus
"Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history."
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23 Quotes by John Shimkus
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I do believe that God's word is infallible, unchanging, perfect.
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Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we…
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All the Baltic countries have been steadfast in support of allies of the United States since they gained their independence…
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I am proud that the Republican Party stands for strong support for the military, and I am sure we will…
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So, if we decrease the use of carbon dioxide, are we not taking away plant food from the atmosphere?
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Genesis 8:22 As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and…
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U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products.
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Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce…
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Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains.
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Various Turkish people invaded southwest Asia during the Middle Ages and carved an empire for themselves from lands occupied by…
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As we all know, no crude oil refineries have been built in the United States since 1976. During that time,…
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But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois,…
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then…
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
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Well begun is half done.
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A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole…
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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
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What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition…
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