History shows that there is no more potent engine for reform than the passion of voters who feel betrayed by the politicians they hoped would do the right thing.
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Related Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. WARREN BENNIS The leader shows that style is no substitute for substance, that creating an impression is more pote... LAO TZU And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing. STEVE YZERMAN Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing. TONY BLAIR We're not perfect, but we want to do the right thing. CHARLIE BELL So. I should just give up now?" she asked mildly. "Just let him spiral down into madness until the N... ROBIN HOBB Just try to do the right thing, and that's immediate karma: 'I feel good about myself.' LINDA THOMPSON I think sometimes there is no right thing. ROSAMUND HODGE The time is always right for the right thing. DEBASISH MRIDHA It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing. JIM DEMINT The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically. PAUL FARMER If people are informed they will do the right thing. It's when they are not informed that they b... CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON We hoped the governor would do the right thing and he didn't. JEFFREY GAMSO The toughest thing to do in politics is to do the right thing when your supporters think the right t... PAT TOOMEY There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fev... LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fev... LORD BYRON You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to ... TRACY KIDDER People who are left out of these shows feel that they are left out of the writing of history and tha... ALEXIS SMITH You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. WINSTON CHURCHILL With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will d... ZIG ZIGLAR Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. MARK TWAIN That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to d... MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. There is no poison on earth more potent, nor half so deadly, as a partial truth mixed with passion MICHAEL J. TUCKER I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a ... ICE CUBE This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people. JOHN WYCLIFFE Doing the right thing has power. LAURA LINNEY A block of more than 100,000 voters is not uninteresting for politicians, especially with next year'... MARC DEMIERRE I guess it's the curse of our generation, having to put aside our lives to do the right thing. ALLAN DARE PEARCE The kind of stillness of being nothing, and doing things from that emptiness, make one strong. SHASHI I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think. BILL ACKMAN I hoped that academy voters weren't swayed by the dogma that was being thrown around. Fortunately, t... MICHAEL CHIKLIS Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the rig... DAVID CAMERON I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams ... ROBERT FULGHUM I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams ar... ROBERT FULGHUM The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, a... KAREN MAITLAND I believe that in life, you have to give things your best shot, do your best. You have to focus on w... DAVID CAMERON Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger. DMX There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it always a combination of pa... LAUREN CONRAD The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. DANIEL WEBSTER Do not withhold good . . . when it is in your power to do it. RACHEL HAUCK Doing what's right is seldom easy. JANICE HARDY Doing whats right is never easy ... You think you're right, but you lose track of what you were tryi... JANICE HARDY You can't make other people do "right."
All you can do is "right" yourself, and
sometimes even that'... BILLY C LEE The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always g... LARRY PAGE There's a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing. CHRIS FUSSELL Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. VICTOR HUGO Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term. BRUCE RAUNER From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE The history meant that someone like Todt would go work there. The history was what convinced Michael... EDDIE IRVINE People in life should not judge other people whoever they are whatever they do there religion or cre... GARY F EVANS... The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. LOU HOLTZ We live in a world where everyone thinks they do the right thing, so they are entitled to do the wro... ALEX GIBNEY The USA has become government by the highest bidder because USA voters do not hold politicians accou... DON MASHAK What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me. CRAIG GROESCHEL I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That d... ROBERT FULGHUM We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do th... JAMES MCGREEVEY The history of liberty is a history of resistance. WOODROW WILSON The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. EDWIN POWELL HUBBLE The history of mankind is a history of war. MIKE LOVE History has been the history of warfare. GODFREY REGGIO Who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one. AZZEDINE ALAIA I think there was an expectation created more by Government than anyone that media reform was on the... GREG BAXTER Despite all the dysfunction in Washington, I believe that when it comes to helping veterans and keep... JOHN DELANEY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES There is no devil anywhere,for the devil is that person that refuses to do the right thing. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel better about themsel... PAUL HAWKEN Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN I want to show people what the possibilities are if you take care of yourself and do the right thing... BEN VEREEN I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge-that myth is
more potent than history. I belie... ROBERT FULGHUM I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- that myth is more potent than history. I be... ROBERT FULGHUM There was 28.16 percent of the registered voters who voted. For a primary election, that is fairly t... DAVID YARDLEY In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes... WALTER LIPPMANN Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think th... J. C. WATTS The only thing better than singing is more singing. ELLA FITZGERALD We conjecture that religious beliefs stimulate growth because they help to sustain aspects of indivi... RACHEL MCCLEARY Antarctica is a very alien environment, and you can't survive here more than minutes if you'... JON KRAKAUER For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people w... SELA WARD Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the righ... JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER I don't think either party is the party of radical reform. Both will do evolutionary reform, and in ... ELLIS KRAUSS When it’s not meant to make you up, it’s meant to fake you up. Just say no and act right. Be bol... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re... KEVIN COSTNER Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement bu... HJALMAR BRANTING Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it. T.S. ELIOT What is wrong is wrong and what is right is right. If it is therefore wrong to do what is wrong, the... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There is no intoxicant more dangerous than the passion of love; intoxicating both the holder and the... HUSEYN RAZA The tragedy waiting for politicians in future is greater than the gain in politics if it is measured... BAMIGBOYE OLUROTIMI Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I woul... LARRY WALL They are two big mandates that we have to meet. If the two referendums are not passed by voters, it ... BRAD YOUNG I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. THOMAS JEFFERSON Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics? PAT ROBERTSON These are politicians who feel they're about to lose all the power that they feel they've worked for... ELLIOT STONECIPHER As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say t... IDRIS ELBA The Federal Reserve's job is to do the right thing, to take the long-run interest of the economy... BEN BERNANKE Everyone has obstacles, and you're not going to have the right answer or do the right thing ever... SHANNON MILLER Our political leaders who are having trouble showing the courage to do immigration reform right need... LUAWANNA HALLSTROM History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the gov... CARTER G. WOODSON Don't worry about it, Mikey," Dee said comfortingly. "You'll probably be next, so you won't be here ... L.J. SMITH But here is my hope: God willing, when he wills and as he wills, the reform of the reform will take ... ROBERT SARAH
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Put some rims on it, threw a couple TV's in there, and installed a sy... MICHAEL PHELPS Capitalism is an organized system to guarantee that greed becomes the primary force of our economic ... MICHAEL MOORE Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel exclude... MICHAEL MEDVED One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if... MICHAEL KORDA Like most people, I find watching the lazy and quiet underwater realm of a big aquarium exceptionall... MICHAEL DIRDA The big turn in the late '90s was that I realized I was going to be doing this for a long time. ... MICHAEL WEATHERLY All nations that throw their military weight around, occupying neighboring lands and treating the re... MICHAEL LEUNIG Milk contains growth hormones designed by Mother Nature to put a few hundred pounds on a baby calf w... MICHAEL GREGER