William H. Gray Quotes
Reverse Robin Hood—take from the needy and give to the greedy.
Describing a proposed capital gains tax cut:
William H. Gray, U.S. Congressman (Democrat, PA), Interview, CNN September 15, 1990
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On higher taxes for wealthier classes:
AI Explanation: This is a famous philosophical observation attributed to the early Christian author Lactantius. It suggests that true poverty isn't about a lack of material wealth, but rather being denied fairness, equality, or your rightful claims.
Ingersoll was considered to be the greatest orator and political thinker of his day, but his overt atheistic views curtailed his elected political career.
The nobles of the city were in rebellion and fought the English Prince of Wales. When the city was taken, the poor people as well as the nobles were executed for their part in the “rebellion.” However, the poor had no say in the matter, and it was not they who ordered the city gates shut and decided to undergo a siege, which in this case was not successful. Limoges was a heavily walled city, well provisioned for a siege, but the English had miners who undermined part of the city walls and crashed them into the moat and allowed the English to walk in easily.
The Supreme Court had ruled that there could be no limits placed on the amount of money that could be spent by a rich company or person to campaign for a candidate. It would deny them their right to freedom of speech. That was the context of Hollings’ remark.
This important statement would not have been a noteworthy quote as so many have said it before, except for the fact that she was writing as a spokesperson of Nationalist China and she was the wife of the Nationalist Party leader, Chiang Kai-Shek. And the great failure of Chiang’s governance was the corruption and the excessive exploitation of the Chinese people by the wealthy. Madame Chaing, educated at Vassar College, knew just what to say to Americans and she mustered incredible support for the Nationalist cause most of which would never have been forthcoming if Americans knew the truth about the Nationalist Government. It was so corrupt, that the vast majority of the people aided the Communists in defeating Chaing, expelling him from the mainland, and relegating his government to Taiwan. Madame Chaing’s hypocrisy was legend. See {615696}.
William Herbert Gray III was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1979 to 1991. He also served as chairman of the House Committee on the Budget from 1985 to 1989 and House Majority Whip from 1989 to 1991. He resigned from Congress in September of that year to become president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund, a position he held until 2004.
