15 Quotes by Fiorello H. La Guardia
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It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me – I never retreat.
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The Devil is easy to identify. He appears when you’re terribly tired and makes a very reasonable request which you know you shouldn’t grant.
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We have had two chickens in every pot, two cars in every garage, and now we have two headaches for every aspirin.
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Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it enforced and are resisting its enforcement.
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God took the beauty of the Bay of Naples, the Valley of the Nile, the Swiss Alps, the Hudson River Valley, rolled them into one and made San Francisco Bay.
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It is impossible to tell whether prohibition is a good thing or a bad thing. It has never been enforced in this country.
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I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly.
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You cannot preach self-government and liberty to people in a starving land.
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My generation has failed miserably. We’ve failed because of lack of courage and vision. It requires more courage to keep the peace than to go to war.
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