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"REAPING POLITICAL DIVIDENDS OUT OF TRAGEDIES IS  DEEPLY INGRAINED IN THE CONGRESS' DNA." Piyush Goyal   I did not grow up with the shootings in schools and most...

  "GIVING MONEY AND POWER TO GOVERNMENT IS LIKE GIVING WHISKEY AND CAR KEYS TO TEENAGE BOYS." P.J. O'Rourke   Open up the Wichita Eagle and the story jumps...

"THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO AVOID CRITICISM: DO NOTHING, SAY NOTHING, AND BE NOTHING." Unknown   No matter how much we want to see our government actually...

  "IF OPPORTUNITY DOESN'T KNOCK, BUILD A DOOR." Milton Berle I have been talking a lot about the rural economy and how it is up to our rural...

  "SOMETIMES ONE HAS TO TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WEREN'T THOSE ONE IMAGINED." Carlos Puigdemont   Do you own land? Is there an old homestead on it? Are you...

"SOMETIMES BIG PROBLEMS ARE BEST SOLVED WITH LOTS OF SMALL AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS." Ricardo Salinas Pliego   Do you really care about the loss of population and opportunities...

  "THE SUPREME ART OF WAR IS TO SUBDUE THE ENEMY WITHOUT FIGHTING." Sun Tzu   There had been talking about the failing of the rural areas and...

"HONESTY IS THE FIRST CHAPTER IN THE BOOK OF WISDOM." Thomas Jefferson   Yes the truth can be ugly, but the denial of truth is even uglier....

“IT IS EASIER TO IDENTIFY WITH LOSS THAN LOVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE WITH IT.” Roger Ebert   How did you get through the...

"I WISH A BRIGHT STAR WOULD APPEAR IN THE EAST OVER WASHINGTON D.C. - WE COULD USE A FEW  WISE MEN UP THERE!" Maxine   As I write this...