B.R. Sanders Quotes
My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her conviction, her discipline. She would rather see other people happy than herself.
True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.
You want to know the way to raise money? Put a transaction fee on Wall Street, so maybe we can curb some of the speculation and raise some money.
Ambition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good.
If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.
Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
We can lead others only as far along the road as we ourselves have traveled. merely pointing the way is not enough. If we are not walking, then no one can be following, and ware not leading anyone.
One of the flabby lines you hear sometimes is, 'Speak truth to power'. Power knows the truth. It's speaking the truth to yourself that's the challenge.
As the nation at last confronts global warming, it is no time for denial, greed, cynicism or pessimism.
Together, leading the world, the U.S.A. will rid our planet of this barbarous organization called ISIS.
Do I consider myself a part of the casino capitalist process? No I don't. I believe in a society where all people do well.
One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.
My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.
Black lives, of course, matter. I spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity, but if you don't want me to be here, that's OK. I don't want to out-scream people.
A hypothesis is something which looks as if it might be true and were true, and which is capable of verification or refutation by comparison with facts.
Generality is, indeed, an indispensable ingredient of reality; for mere individual existence or actuality without any regularity whatever is a nullity. Chaos is pure nothing.
My mission is to raise incomes for hard working middle class families. If you work hard and do your part you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead.
There's no class to manage people. There's no class to teach on how to handle millions. There's no class to teach us how to manage time.
The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world.
The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs.
We are rapidly moving toward a nation of the super-rich, by the super-rich and for the super-rich
If the goal of health-care reform is to provide comprehensive, universal health care in a cost-effective way, the only honest approach is a single-payer approach.
Countering violent extremism and destroying ISIS must be done primarily by Muslim nations with the strong support of their global partners.
People all over this country are shouting at each other. And what we need to do is bring people together to work on the agreement where there is broad consensus and that's what I intend to do.
Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... ...let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win.
Whether it is television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books or the Internet, a few giant conglomerates are determining what we see, hear and read.
I don't think anybody in the game over the last several years has made more plays than Richard Sherman.
The United States must join the rest of the industrialized world, guarantee health care to all people as a right.
Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.
I think it's important that members of the United States Senate spend time not just on Capitol Hill but making contact with ordinary people and engaging them in the political process.
We have more people in jail than any other country in Earth, disproportionately Latino and African-American.
I call upon Donald Trump to rescind the appointment that he made of Stephen Bannon. A president of the United States should not have a racist at his side, unacceptable.
I quit because I didnt feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game.
As a result of the digital age and the decline of first-class mail, there is no question that the Postal Service must change and develop a new business model.
I've read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don't even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake biscuits or an apple pie.
The Federal Reserve has a responsibility to ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions and to contain systemic risks in financial markets.
Every well-thought-out rebuttal to dogma, every scrap of intelligent logic, every absurdist reduction of some bullying stance is the antidote.
I do not believe that we must maintain a bloated military budget which spends almost as much as the rest of the world combined and may lead us to perpetual warfare in the Middle East.
As an independent, my views, in fact, are a little bit different than many of my Democratic colleagues.
