John D. Rockefeller Quotes

Bush had been allowed to join the Texas Air National Guard which meant that he did not have to serve in combat in Vietnam the way most other men his age did. However, there were no records of his having reported for duty during several months when he was to be in service. Bush claimed that he was on duty and there was no action taken against him by the then authorities which detractors attribute to his father’s high position and supporters refer to as evidence of the fact that he did nothing wrong. He had been arrested for drunk driving, and the WMD dispute has ever since raged of whether he had been honestly misled by bad intelligence. Bush was not a functional illiterate but had been a college graduate and had completed graduate school studies. He was a poor public speaker and was not an intellectually curious man and did not read much, but this was a huge exaggeration.

Franklin was America’s preeminent diplomat. He was particularly resented by the British authorities because he had achieved so much fame as a “British” scientist and man of letters, had been recognized and decorated by British institutions, was wealthy and very popular in London and all over Europe. Above all, the King could not understand why Franklin was not a loyalist and resented him more than most of the American rebels.

The statement follows the structure of and contrasts with the quotation of Sir Henry Wotton regarding Ambassadors.

For reasons few understand, she was, even as late as 2011, the only regular female political cartoonist employed regularly by a newspaper or syndicate.

McNickle claimed to have quoted her in an article and she did not say it and she was angry that he had put words in her mouth. Most political spouses would just suffer in silence, and if they did respond would do so in very polite and in the case of women “ladylike: terms. Ms. Kerry however was not only a very successful business woman but also was one of the richest women in America who had been in the tussles of male battles before

Baldwin when Prime Minister would not arm England to stop Germany and after he left office, supported his successor, Neville Chamberlain, in his peace efforts which turned out to be appeasement, See {626936}.

Cruz was a very ideological young politician who was condescending and dismissive of any who had views different from his right wing Tea Party base of supporters. See {631719} for an example of Cruz’s style.

Van Cleave was rabidly opposed to any anti-trust government “interference” with business and he was also virulently opposed to labor unions. See {638616}, {638615}, {638614}, and {638613}.