Quotes
"Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable."
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
"There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on."
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much."
"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."
"Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness."
"A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it."
"No one has ever drowned in sweat."
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
"The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'."
"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else."
"A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
"Information is the currency of democracy."
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
"I am a deeply superficial person."
"Choose men who have a heart of love. Everything else can be taught."
"What is the city but the people."
"We pledge to each other our lives, our prosperity and our sacred honor."
"In genuine community there are no sides."
"A community ethic is bound to be an ethic of responsibility."
"Communities, like all humankind, need to grow and develop or they die."
"Surely, when human lives are involved, indifference is not an answer."
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in."
"Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it's everything."
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
"What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something?"
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value."
"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."
"The difference between a politician and a statesman is: a politician thinks of the next election and a statesman thinks of the next generation."
"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing."
"There is no cause half so sacred as the cause of a people. There is no idea so uplifting as the idea of the service of humanity."
"The time is always right to do what is right."
"Nothing happens unless first a dream."
"Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed."
"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."
"Let him that would move the world, first move himself."
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do."
"I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts."
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
"Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles."
"Never confuse movement with action."
"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important."
"Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature."
"A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them."
"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."
"The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it."
"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."
"The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them."
"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities."
"The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid."
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--/ I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference."
"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it."
"We have a 'strategic' plan. It's called doing things."
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
"The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
"Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content."
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible."
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
"Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them."
"When the debate is over, slander becomes the tool of the loser."
"Crime does not pay ... as well as politics."
"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."
"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know ... It's what we know for sure, that just ain't so."
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
"I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me."
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him."
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
"The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid."
"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do."
"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."
"Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple."
"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow."
"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'"
"Things are more like they are now than they have ever been."
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."
"Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand."
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
"The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish."
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
"Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care."
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is."
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."
"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."
"All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway."
"Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good."
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
"Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian."
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."
"There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't."
"The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps."
"If you cannot convince them, confuse them."
"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!"
"Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world."
"Life is a festival only to the wise."
"If Wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it."
"I don't necessarily agree with everything I say."
"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."
"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."
"A witty saying proves nothing."
"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
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My name is Wade Emmert and I am a Council Member for the City of Cedar Hill. This web site is a way for me to share with you some of my thoughts about issues important to the City.
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