Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities. Sheherazade Goldsmith Read Quote
Every president learns in the course of your time in office, but the American people have the right to expect that you walk in the door prepared for the job. Valerie Jarrett Read Quote
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. Bertrand Russell Read Quote
I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and get out the vote because I want us to have a big impact on the Congressional elections this year. Julian Bond Read Quote
If I could walk into the ‘Friends’ audition again and go or not go, I have to say it’s 50-50. Matthew Perry Read Quote
I hope that by going to visit the pope I have enabled everybody to see that the words Catholic and Protestant, as ordinarily used, are completely out of date. They are almost always used now purely for propaganda purposes. That is why so much trouble is caused by them. Geoffrey Fisher Read Quote
I don’t like a man to be too efficient. He’s likely to be not human enough. Felix Frankfurter Read Quote
