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Tom Ridge is a decent man and a fine public servant, but unfortunately was not given the leeway or resources to tighten up homeland security in the way it should be done,


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CHARLES BABBAGE The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or...
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CHARLES BABBAGE In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to ta...
CHARLES BABBAGE Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
CHARLES BABBAGE That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of...
CHARLES BABBAGE The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it ne...
CHARLES BABBAGE The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual forc...
CHARLES BABBAGE There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with whic...
CHARLES BABBAGE In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.
CHARLES BABBAGE The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almo...
CHARLES BABBAGE The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.
CHARLES BABBAGE Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the...
CHARLES BABBAGE At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes...
CHARLES BABBAGE A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine i...
CHARLES BABBAGE If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
CHARLES DICKENS Nothing reflects so much honor on a workman as a trial of his work and its endurance of it. So it is...
CHARLES SPURGEON There is a mystique about psychiatry that people think that you have some kind of a magical lens, yo...
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
CHARLES LINDBERGH I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
CHARLES V One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to h...
CHARLES STANLEY