Quotes by John Lindsay - Page 1

Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Peace
Freedom
War
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The miniskirt enables young ladies to run faster, and because of it, they may have to.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Running
Faster
May
Young
Enables
Ladies
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Technology has to be accessible otherwise it enslaves us, and I'm not really in favour of that.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Technology
Favour
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I'm definitely more interested in technologies that are more accessible, that are as accessible as possible.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
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Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
New York
Charcoal
Cities
Melting
Melting Pot
New York City
Pot
Dish
Grill
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New York has total depth in every area. Washington has only politics; after that, the second biggest thing is white marble.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
New York
Home
Travel
White
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These girls play tennis first and foremost, the fact that many of them are very glamorous is a major bonus for any promoter.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Bonus
Glamorous
Tennis
Foremost
Promoter
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Technology tends to fuel the imagination. People with a technological bent can get excited by sometimes the most hazardous technologies, if they think they can harness them safely.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Technology
People
Thinking
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New York was something like a circus performer walking a tightrope an juggling at the same time....It could barely maintain its position, but an movement would tip the whole balance.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
New York
Balance
Circus
Movement
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I like the analogy that the way that we live in Western Society, the energy that we consume in the form of fossil fuels, is the energy equivalent in pre-fossil fuel terms of having 500 slaves.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Energy
Fossils
Way
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There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Dissent
Quiet
Ready
Repression
Turmoil
Cope
Suit
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I try to build the things so that they're fairly indestructible. I've learned from my mistakes and some of those units, even if human life disappears from the planet, will still be recognizable a thousand years from now abandoned somewhere in the woods.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Mistake
Trying
Years
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The soil of Palestine still enjoys her sabbaths, and only waits for the return of her banished children, and the application of industry, commensurate with her agricultural capabilities, to burst once more into universal luxuriance, and be all that she ever was in the days of Solomon.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Children
Soil
Waiting
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You've got to be happy if they get your facts right. Since January I don't think I've recognized a damned thing that I've filed. I just pour everything out of the boot. Otherwise you get a phone call at three in the morning asking why you left out that the candidate had his teeth drilled that morning.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Morning
Phones
Thinking
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Obviously technologies that are sustainable are a logical first step to creating a just society, one that doesn't trample life in all its forms, whether it's other humans or other life forms on the earth, one that acknowledges that we're all sharing the space and that there needs to be room for every living thing somewhere.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Space
Technology
Creating
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There's something about the awareness of the limits that makes you tune in more to your surroundings and I've experienced a lot of pleasure or even joy in working with those alternatives and also it's made me so much more aware of just how much work we can make those sources of supply do for us, whether it's electricity or fossil fuels.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Alternatives
Joy
Tunes
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We see political leaders replacing moral imperatives with a Southern strategy. We have seen all too clearly that there are men-now in power in this country-who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit. And it is up to us to prove that they are wrong.
John Lindsay / Former U.s. Congressman
Men
Believe
Country
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