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This emergency spending measure is certainly only the beginning, since we here in Washington will continue to work closely with the president and emergency agencies to ensure they continue receiving the funding they need.

Jo Bonner

Work

At a time when the insurgents are saying that time is working against them, my Democratic colleagues are introducing a measure to set a timetable for withdrawal in Iraq that will undercut the momentum that the insurgents themselves say we have built in Iraq.

The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.

The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud.

Harry A. Blackmun

Fraud

Measure

As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.

People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

Richard Bach

Honesty

Conscience