Nations are not thugs. They are bodies of intelligent people.
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The first thing you've got to do is get a client. You can go up there and lobby all day long, but if you don't have a client, you're in troubleRufus Jones
I visited Fuller every day for the first 20 or 30 years of my life. In those days, there was no pool and the park had limited amenities. Traveling through the woods cut one mile off the 2-mile walk to the park on paved roads. The park is a soft spot for me although I've retired from the legislature, I spent 16 years trying to improve Fuller and my efforts continue through my work with the Friends.
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In any case, fighting will not settle whether the claims were just or unjust. It will only settle which nation can mobilize and handle its fighting forces and its economic forces the better.
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I think if you lower the limits on money it would encourage our elected officials to get into their districts, ... to interact with the average citizen to encourage more people to contribute smaller amounts to get their message across.
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When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of "thuggery" practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory.
Rufus Jones
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