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# Zephyr Teachout

Zephyr Rain Teachout (born October 24, 1971) is an American academic, political activist, and former political candidate. She is an Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University

## Quotes

* Lobbyists in Washington have a saying, "If you're not at the table, you're on the menu." You know who is at the table? It's lobbyists for big corporations. It's lobbyists for the wealthiest people in world history. Guess who's not at the table right now. Working families. Clean water. Public education. And our infrastructure.
** "Corruption 101" youtube.com
* On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg was in the hot seat. Cameras surrounded him. The energy in the room – and on Twitter – was electric. At last, the reluctant CEO is made to answer some questions! Except it failed. It was designed to fail. It was a show designed to get Zuckerberg off the hook after only a few hours in Washington DC. It was a show that gave the pretense of a hearing without a real hearing. It was designed to deflect and confuse. ... The worst moments of the hearing for us, as citizens, were when senators asked if Zuckerberg would support legislation that would regulate Facebook. I don’t care whether Zuckerberg supports Honest Ads or privacy laws or GDPR. By asking him if he would support legislation, the senators elevated him to a kind of co-equal philosopher king whose view on Facebook regulation carried special weight. It shouldn’t. Facebook is a known behemoth corporate monopoly. It has exposed at least 87 million people’s data, enabled foreign propaganda and perpetuated discrimination. We shouldn’t be begging for Facebook’s endorsement of laws, or for Mark Zuckerberg’s promises of self-regulation. We should treat him as a danger to democracy and demand our senators get a real hearing.
** Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was an utter sham (11 April 2018), The Guardian.
* The tools Facebook provides make discrimination easy. Facebook has monopoly profit margins, so it could easily provide real staffing to protect against discrimination, if it wanted to. It doesn’t want to.
** Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was an utter sham (11 April 2018), The Guardian.

## External links

* (2009). "The Anti-Corruption Principle". Cornell Law Review 94: 341–413.
* (2011). "The Unenforceable Corrupt Contract: Corruption and 19th Century Contract Law". NYU Review of Law and Social Change 35.
* "Cuomo Opponent Unbowed by Underdog Status " The New York Times, 25 August 2014, on page A15.
* Official biodata from Fordham University
* Publications and papers by Zephyr Teachout in the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) (abstracts; full texts).
# William M. Tweed

William Magear Tweed (3 April 1823 – 12 April 1878), known as Boss Tweed and often erroneously referred to as William Marcy Tweed, was an American politician and political boss of Tammany Hall who became an icon of urban political machines.

## Quotes

* I don't care a straw for your newspaper articles; my constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them damned pictures.
** On the political cartoons of Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, as quoted in "Article IV: An Episode in Municipal Government" by Charles F. Wingate in The North American Review (July 1875), p. 150
* I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.
** As quoted in Understanding American Government (2003) by Susan Welch, p. 224

## Quotes about Tweed

* Three casual expressions attributed to Mr. Tweed, illustrated by his brief political history, indicate his theory of administration. The first was, "The way to have power is to take it;" the second, "He is human;" and the third, "What are you going to do about it?" In his career was exhibited the despotic phase of municipal administration. He got for himself and his associates offices, one after the other, by taking them with or without right, until he held the power of the State, and then fortified his position by enacting appropriate laws. His means of doing this was to approach men through their self-interests, and to buy their support by promises, offices, and money. His appreciation of this trait in the character of the men about him was expressed in his belief that they were "human." The arrogance of the full possession of power and the defiance against the remonstrances of honest men drove him to the extreme of audacity, "What are you going to do about it?" which preceded his fall. There was no greater popular mistake than to call Mr. Tweed and his associates a "ring." They were so at the outset by the "cohesive power of public plunder," but, once in possession, like a crew of pirates who had gained the deck of a prize, they became arrayed against each other. If they had been a ring, their compactness of purpose might have constituted a government, but they had so little hold upon or confidence in each other that they dissolved at the first shock.
** William R. Martin, in "The FInancial Resources of New York" in The North American Review CCLXV (November-December 1878), p. 427

## External links

* Find-a-Grave page for MW Tweed
* Green-Wood Cemetery page for WM Tweed
# Arun Vemury

Arun Vemury is the Director of Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Biometric and Identity Technology Center of the United States.

## Quotes

* Very low false positive rates are still fairly elusive because there are lots of people out there who might look like you, from siblings and children to complete strangers. Honestly, faces are not all that different from one another.
** Arun Vemury (2020) cited in "How Facial Recognition Technology Is Helping Identify the U.S. Capitol Attackers" on IEEE Spectrum, 11 January 2021.
# Lew Wallace

Lewis Wallace (April 10, 1827–February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author.

## Quotes
### Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880)

* Ben-Hur remembered to have heard a cry in answer, as it were, to the scream of the Nazarene in his last moment; but he had not looked to see from whom it had proceeded; and ever after he believed the spirit of the Egyptian accompanied that of his Master over the boundary into the kingdom of Paradise. The idea rested not only upon the cry heard, but upon the exceeding fitness of the distinction. If faith were worthy reward in the person of Gaspar, and love in that of Melchior, surely he should have some special meed who through a long life had so excellently illustrated the three virtues in combination—Faith, Love, and Good Works.
** Book 8/Chapter 10
# Henry S. Washburn

Henry Stevenson Washburn (1813–1903) was a Massachusetts state senator and occasional poet.

## Quotes

* We shall meet, but we shall miss him, There will be one vacant chair; We shall linger to caress him, When we breathe our ev'ning pray'r.
** "The Vacant Chair" (1861), chorus
# Anthony Wayne

Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 - December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer and statesman of Irish descent. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him promotion to brigadier general and the nickname "Mad Anthony". He later served as the Senior Officer of the Army on the Ohio Country frontier and led the Legion of the United States.

## Attributed

* Issue the orders Sir, and I will storm Hell.
** when asked by General George Washington if he would undertake the capture of Stony Point
* Forward, my brave fellows, forward! Carry me into the fort. If I am to die, I want to die at the head of the column!
** upon being wounded in the head at Stony Point
* Dear Gen'l, -- The fort & garrison with Col. Johnston are ours. Our officers & men behaved like men who are determined to be free.
** note to Washington after receiving the surrender of Stony Point
* Facts are stubborn things.
** 1 May 1794 letter to the contractors who had failed to properly provision the Legion of the United States. Sword, Wiley (1985). President Washington's Indian War: The Struggle for the Old Northwest, 1790-1795. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 265. ISBN 0-8061-2488-1.

## About Wayne

* He is firm in constitution, as in resolution; industrious, indefatigable, determined and persevering; fixed in opinion, and unbiased in judgment; not over accessible, but studious to reward merit. He is a rock against which the waves of calumny and malice, moved by the gusts of passion natural to envy, have dashed; have washed its sides: he is still immovable on his base. He is in some degree susceptible of adulation, as is every man who has an honest thirst for military fame. He endures fatigue and hardship with fortitude uncommon for a man of his years. I have seen him, in the most severe night of the winter of 1794, sleep on the ground, like his fellow-soldiers, and walk around the camp at four in the morning, with the vigilance of a sentinel.
** Major William Eaton, commander of the US Marines at Derna, 1806 ("...the Shores of Tripoli..."), of Wayne
* …They also make a distinction between a warrior and a murderer, which, as they explain it, is not much to our advantage. It is not, say they, the number of scalps alone which a man brings with him that prove him to be a brave warrior. Cowards have been known to return, and bring scalps home, which they had taken where they knew was no danger, where no attack was expected and no opposition made. Such was the case with those Christian Indians on the Muskingum, the friendly Indians near Pittsburg, and a great number of scattered, peaceable men of our nation, who were all murdered by cowards. It is not thus that the Black Snake, the great General Wayne acted; he was a true warrior and a brave man; he was equal to any of our chiefs that we have, equal to any that we have ever had…
** Reverend John Heckewelder, in his History, Manners and Customs of the Indian Nations who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighboring States, Chapter XXXIII, p. 192. [emphasis added]
# William Whipple

William Whipple, Jr. (25 January 1731 – 28 November 1785) was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire and a member of the Continental Congress from 1776 through 1779. He worked as both a ship's captain and a merchant, and he studied in college to become a judge. He died of heart complications in 1785, aged 55.

## Quotes

* This year, my Friend, is big with mighty events. Nothing less than the fate of America depends on the virtue of her sons, and if they do not have virtue enough to support the most Glorious Cause ever human beings were engaged in, they don’t deserve the blessings of freedom.
** As quoted in "William Whipple" (11 December 2011), The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
* A recommendation is gone thither for raising some regiments of Blacks. This, I suppose will lay a foundation for the emancipation of those wretches in that country. I hope it will be the means of dispensing the blessings of Freedom to all the human race in America.
** As quoted in This Was a Man: A Biography of General William Whipple (26 February 1964), by Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan, New Hampshire: The National Society of The Colonial Dames in the State of New Hampshire

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on William Whipple on Wikipedia
# Meg Whitman

Margaret C. Whitman (born August 4, 1956) became the President and CEO of Hewlett Packard in September 2011. She was President and CEO of the online marketplace eBay from 1998 to 2007.

## Quotes

* Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates.
** The Economist, 2nd October 2010, p. 78
* A monkey could drive this train.
** Said about running eBay in its early days, quoted in the New York Times, "EBay Bids on a New Path to Growth", February 6, 2011
* Kenya is well-positioned to be an African leader in information technology, telecommunications, and mobile banking and is open to partnering with the United States.
** Said about Kenya technology scene, quoted in the Citizen Digital, "", September 25, 2022
# Rich Whitney

Rich Whitney (born April 21, 1955) is an American politician and civil rights attorney.

## Quotes

* Very few people will clamor to have their taxes raised. … But if you ask the same people if they like their public university system, if they like health services, if they like clean water and go down the list of what government does, they'll say they want that...There is a disconnect. They think that in some magic way, government should be able to deliver all these things without providing the revenue.
** Profile of Rich Whitney: Green Party candidate for governor. Chicago Tribune (2010-10-11).
* I really love getting into the nuts and bolts of policy, ... The citizens need to become policy wonks. They need to start doing their homework.
** Profile of Rich Whitney: Green Party candidate for governor. Chicago Tribune (2010-10-11).
# Clayton Williams

Clayton Williams (born October 8, 1931 - February 14, 2020) is an American businessman and philanthropist from Midland who ran for Governor of Texas in the Texas gubernatorial election of 1990. Despite securing the Republican nomination and initially leading in the polls against Democratic challenger Texas State Treasurer Ann Richards by twenty points, Williams ultimately lost the race.

## Quotes

* If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.
** March 26, 1990, at his ranch ("Texas Candidate's Comment About Rape Causes a Furor". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 26, 1990. ; "Williams' apologizes for comparing bad weather to rape". United Press International. March 25, 1990. ; Redden, Molly (August 19, 2012). "Five Other Politicians Who’ve Said Idiotic Things About Rape". The New Republic. ; Mikkelson, David (February 27, 2014). "Did Republicans Actually Say These Things About Rape?". Snopes. )
# Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang (born January 13, 1975) is an American entrepreneur, the founder of Venture for America (VFA), and a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.

## Quotes

* The United States should provide an annual income of $12,000 for each American aged 18–64, with the amount indexed to increase with inflation. It would require a constitutional supermajority to modify or amend. ... The poverty line is currently $11,770. We would essentially be bringing all Americans to the poverty line and alleviate gross poverty.
** The War on Normal People (2018), p. 166
* Humanity First
** "Andrew Yang for President – Humanity First". Andrew Yang for President.
* Deaths now outnumber births among white people in more than half the states in the country. Much of this is low birth rates and white men dying from substance abuse and suicide. Our life expectancy has declined for 3 years. We need to do much more.
** 15 February 2019
* I support the freedom of parents to adopt circumcision for any religious or cultural ritual as desired. Actually have attended a brit milah myself and felt privileged to be there. Thanks Mikael. Always up to parents.
** (19 March 2019) reported on 21 March 2019 by Israel National News
* I'm very proud of my son and anyone who has someone on the [[spectrum in their family feels the exact same way.
** As quoted by Rocha, Veronica; Merica, Dan; "Yang says he wants to destigmatize autism and create a federal funding program". CNN, (April 14, 2019).
* The opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math.
** 15 April 2019
* There are millions of women across the country who are stuck in exploitative or abusive jobs or relationships that would be improved simply by putting $1,000 a month in their hands.
** May 2019
* Not Left, Not Right, Forward.
** "Andrew Yang is a rock star to his supporters. Can that propel him to the presidency?". CNN. September 30, 2019.
* Make America Think Harder (MATH)
** "Andrew Yang is a rock star to his supporters. Can that propel him to the presidency?". CNN. (September 30, 2019).
* All Bowser players are carried.
** 13 February 2020

## Misattributed

* If you're an anti-Semite, white supremacist or on a sex ofender registry, you're ineligible for the Freedom Dividend.
** Fake quote spread July 2019, purportedly made April 15th

## Quotes about Andrew Yang

* Entrepreneur Andrew Yang promises to "bring our military spending under control," to "make it harder for the U.S. to get involved in foreign engagements with no clear goal," and to "reinvest in diplomacy." He believes that much of the military budget "is focused on defending against threats from decades ago as opposed to the threats of 2020." But he defines all these problems in terms of foreign "threats" and U.S. military responses to them, failing to recognize that U.S. militarism is itself a serious threat...
** Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J S Davies, War and Peace and the 2020 Presidential Candidates, Common Dreams (27 March 2019)
# Huma Abedin

Huma Mahmood Abedin (born July 28, 1975) is an American political staffer who was vice chair of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign for President of the United States. Before that, Abedin was deputy chief of staff to Clinton when she was U.S. Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013. She was also the traveling chief of staff and former assistant to Clinton during her 2008 presidential campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election campaign.

## Quotes

* To make your own choices, but be thoughtful about them, not rash.
** On what she learned from her father
* As long as you had that grounding, as long as you had that place where you knew you could draw strength, where you knew you had a strong family to support you, everything was going to be OK.
** on her family
* Diplomacy is about meeting the world with open eyes, attuned listening and small gestures of outreach. It was second nature to Hillary Clinton.
** Abedin on diplomacy
* "So much of what happened to me professionally felt like I was floating in a cauldron, and so much about this book is about taking control"
** Huma Abedin on her memoir, ‘Both/And,’ which comes out in paperback on October 4
* "When I was a little girl, I believed that my life would somehow be different from the lives of everyone around me"
** in her memoir
# General Baker

General Gordon Baker Jr. (September 6, 1941 – May 18, 2014) was an American labor organizer and activist.

## Quotes

* You want me to defend the riches reaped from the super-exploitation of the darker races of mankind by a few white, rich, super-monopolists who control the most vast empire that has ever existed in man's one million years of History--all in the name of "Freedom"!
** General G. Baker, Jr., "Letter to Draft Board 100, Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan," SOULBOOK, II, (Spring 1965), 133-134, in Black nationalism in America, John H. Bracey (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1970), 506-8. (page scan from another source)
# Betsy DeVos

Elisabeth "Betsy" Dee DeVos (née Prince; born January 8, 1958) is a former American government official who served as the 11th United States secretary of education from 2017 to 2021. DeVos is known for her support for school choice, school voucher programs, and charter schools. She was Republican national committee woman for Michigan from 1992 to 1997 and served as chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 1996 to 2000, with reelection to the post in 2003. She has advocated for the Detroit charter school system and she is a former member of the board of the Foundation for Excellence in Education. She has served as chair of the board of the Alliance for School Choice and the Acton Institute and headed the All Children Matter PAC.

## Quotes

* I have decided to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now I simply concede the point. They are right. We do expect something in return. We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues.
** in Roll Call, 1997 BETSY DEVOS, TRUMP’S BIG-DONOR EDUCATION SECRETARY, The New Yorker (November 23, 2016)
* I would imagine that there’s probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies.
** Betsy DeVos suggests guns be allowed in schools threatened by grizzly bears (2017)
* More and more parents are coming to realize their children are suffering at the hands of a system built to strangle any reform, any innovation, or any change. . . . This realization is becoming more evident as the momentum builds for an education revolution.
** From remarks at the American Federation of Children made in May of 2016, as quoted in "Betsy DeVos, the (Relatively Mainstream) Reformer," by Michael McShane, EducationNext (2017), Volume 17 (No. 3).
* More and more studies show that kids are actually stoppers of the disease and they don’t get it and transmit it themselves, so we should be in a posture of — the default should be getting back to school kids in person, in the classroom
** According to Fact Checker: DeVos’s claim that children are ‘stoppers’ of covid-19

## About DeVos

* I voted against the nomination of Betsy DeVos, a billionaire Republican donor, because she is the most incompetent cabinet-level nominee I have ever seen.
** Al Franken
** https://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3615
* During the first term of the Obama administration, no fewer than eighteen billionaires came together under the Koch brothers' leadership to oppose the president's initiatives and move this country in an extreme right-wing direction. Some of the other billionaires involved were Richard Mellon Scaife, an heir to the Mellon banking and Gulf oil fortunes; Henry and Linda Bradley, defense contractors; John M. Olin, involved in chemicals and munitions; the DeVos family, the founders of the Amway corporation; and the Coors brewing family of Colorado.
** Bernie Sanders Our Revolution (2016)

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Betsy DeVos on Wikipedia
# Thaddeus McCotter

Thaddeus George McCotter (August 22, 1965–) is an American politician, radio host, and a member of the Republican Party who was the U.S. Representative from Michigan's 11th congressional district.

## Quotes

* They’re trying to keep the populists of both left and right apart with cultural issues, and they’re doing it to insulate themselves from any combination or constituency that can come after their power, perks and wealth. They’re dividing and conquering.
** Exclusive — Thaddeus McCotter: Elites’ Greatest Fear Is Left-Right Populist Unity (27 July 2021)
# Lisa McClain

Lisa Carmella McClain (April 7, 1966–) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 10th congressional district.

## Quotes

* The Lord has gifted an individual with life, and no one else has the right to take that away from someone that hasn't developed a voice themselves.
** Two Newly-Elected Pro-life Catholic Congresswomen Discuss Abortion, Faith, and Outreach (November 26, 2020)

## External links

* Official website