More From Benjamin F. Wade
- "I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road."
- "I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there is a very free communication between that country and this body, and unless I am greatly mistaken, I see the dwarfish medium by which that communication is kept up."
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- "I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian."― Larry David
- "All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice."― Edmund Burke
- "That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question."― Billie Jean King