Asks Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes.” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Asks Bribe Bribery Patriot Supple Throat Tribes Vote
Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
What is the price-current of an honest man and patriot to-day? They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they do nothing… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Tribes don't need Congressmembers' sympathy. What tribes need is for us to properly exercise our duty. — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
Millions of people are getting the vote, and we have to educate them to keep them from our throats. In other words, we have… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Here's to screwing up America so badly that the Native Americans wouldn't even want it back. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Those who try to stifle the vibrancy of our democracy and shield policies from scrutiny behind a false cloak of patriotism miss the real… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must drive far… — George Washington Copy Share Image
True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to protect their own tribe, whether they are right or wrong. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
We tend to gravitate towards our tribes; the challenge is to understand the people of other tribes. — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
The necessary objective of Native people is to outlast this attack, however long it takes, to keep our identity alive. — John Trudell Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I don't wear a watch because I want my arms to weigh the same. So if somebody asks me what time it is, I… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes. — Neve Campbell Copy Share Image
Freedom in every sense but primarily political sense, a rise in repression that stems from a repression of sexuality. It's AIDS, it's herpes, it's… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time. — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
Success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in America asks herself the question 'What did I do?'. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in this country-when… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate. — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
For someone to ask 'Who did you play for' and to be able to answer a single name 'Liverpool' that would be brilliant...I don't… — Jamie Carragher Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image