Michael J. Knowles Quotes
Criticism does not constitute violence.
Knowles, Michael J. "Ilhan Omar's victim act – Being a target of criticism doesn't make you a target of violence." Fox News, FOX News Network, 15 Apr. 2019.
He was explaining one of the reasons for the development of Jewish humor--namely the amelioration of anti-Semitism.
Zealous pursuit of religion causes men
La Guardia was a very short man and he had gone up to the much larger “poll watcher” and ripped his official button off his coat. The Tammany Hall political machine would appoint thugs as poll watchers to intimidate the voters. If the poll watcher was an "official" voters thought that they might have access to the ballot information and know whether or not they voted for the machine candidates. Their presense was often sufficient intimidation to assure party line voting by most people.
Michael John Knowles is an American conservative political commentator, podcaster, actor, and author.