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# Gullibility

Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence.

## Quotes

* People would swallow anything, just anything at all. Apparently some people found this dismaying. He thought it was a gift, the most wonderful opportunity to take advantage of the weak-minded.
** Iain M. Banks, The Algebraist (2004), ISBN 978-1-59780-044-0, p. 160
* There's a sucker born every minute.
** Attributed to P. T. Barnum
* When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom—is to die.
** Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
** Variant: And wring his bosom, is—to die.
* [W]here men are heated by zeal and enthusiasm, there is no degree of human testimony so strong as may not be procured for the greatest absurdity.
** David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1740), Of Miracles
* Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand of reason, and the mind becomes a wreck.
** Thomas Jefferson to James Smith (Monticello, 8 December 1822)
** Reported in: John P. Kaminski, ed., The Quotable Jefferson (2006), p. 94
# James Gustave Speth

James Gustave (Gus) Speth (born March 4, 1942 in Orangeburg, South Carolina) is an American environmental lawyer and advocate.

## Quotes

* I used to think the top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that with 30 years of good science we could address these problems. But I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal with these we need a spiritual and cultural transformation, and we scientists don't know how to do that.
** Shared Planet: Religion and Nature, BBC Radio 4 (1 October 2013)

## External links

* Authority control: WorldCat search
# Lane Kirkland

Joseph Lane Kirkland (March 12, 1922 – August 14, 1999) was an American labor union leader who served as president of the AFL-CIO for over sixteen years.

## Quotes

* The skills and productivity of American Workers, not to mention the taxes they pay, are the greatest economic resource our country has. To condemn large numbers of them to unemployment, to deprive the Treasury of their tax contributions and to force them to live on unemployment at public expense is the most expensive luxury any society ever chose to buy.
** Cited in The AFL-CIO American Federationist, Vols. 84-86 (1977), p. 4.
* The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life.
** Cited by Arthur B. Shostak, Robust Unionism: Innovations in the Labor Movement (1991), p. 190.
# Dylann Roof

Dylann Storm Roof (born April 3, 1994) is an American white supremacist and mass murderer convicted for perpetrating the Charleston church shooting on June 17, 2015 in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

## Quotes

* I have no choice. I am not in the position to, alone, go into the ghetto and fight. I chose Charleston because it is most historic city in my state, and at one time had the highest ratio of blacks to Whites in the country. We have no skinheads, no real KKK, no one doing anything but talking on the internet. Well someone has to have the bravery to take it to the real world, and I guess that has to be me.
** archived 20 June 2015 on website registered 9 February 2015, published 21 June 2015 in NYT, original date of authorship unknown
* Am I evil? I don't think I am. I'm no more evil than the black supremacist that killed 5 police officers in Dallas. You'll remember that Obama qualified/justified his actions in front of the ded's families directly afterwards.
** May 2019 letter to Tucker Carlson
* I would say that in this case the prosecution, along with anyone else who hates me, are the ones who have been misled.
** Closing statement
* Throughout this whole trial you've heard a lot about hate and hatred, and how much hatred I’m filled with and how vast my hate was. Well I don't like what black people do. If I was really filled with how much hate I allegedly am, wouldn’t I just say yes? Why would I lie about that? It wouldn’t make any sense.
** Closing statement
* I feel pity that I had to give up my life because of a situation that should never have existed.
** Jailhouse journal
* I have no friends even though I am cool.
* One of my only regrets is that I was never able to fall in love
** Journal found in his car
# Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Charles Cotesworth "C. C." Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Federalist Party as their presidential candidate, but he did not win either election.

## Quotes

* The legislature of the United States shall pass no law on the subject of religion nor touching or abridging the liberty of the press.
** Resolution offered in the Philadelphia Convention, May 29, 1787. The United States Constitution was enacted without any protection for religion or the press, but with the understanding that a Bill of Rights would shortly be enacted to address these concerns.
* No; no; not a sixpence.
** Letter to Timothy Pickering (October 27, 1797), relating the American response to a French request for a tribute or bribe, in State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, 3d ed. (1819), vol. 3, p. 492. The French had seized several American ships. Often misquoted as "...not a penny".
* I say it is not, in my judgment, unconstitutional, for the following reasons, in which I mean briefly to answer to the call that has been made upon me: It appears by the Journal of the Convention that formed the Constitution of the United States, that I was the only member of that body that ever submitted the plan of a constitution completely drawn in articles and sections; and this having been done at a very early state of their proceedings, the article on which now so much stress is laid, and on the meaning of which the whole of this question is made to turn, and which is in these words: "the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities in every State," having been made by me, it is supposed I must know, or perfectly recollect, what I meant by it. In answer, I say, that, at the time I drew that constitution, I perfectly knew that there did not then exist such a thing in the Union as a black or colored citizen, nor could I then have conceived it possible such a thing could have ever existed in it; nor, notwithstanding all that has been said on the subject, do I now believe one does exist in it.
** 13 February 1821
# Edward Rutledge

Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800) was an American statesman, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and governor of South Carolina.

## Quotes

* I hope the Friends of Federal Government may be as successful in New York, as they have been in South Carolina. We had a tedious but trifling opposition to contend with. We had prejudices to contend with and sacrifices to make. Yet they were worth making for the good old cause. — People become more and more satisfied with the adoption, and if well administered, and administered with moderation they will cherish and bless those who have offered them a Constitution which will secure to them all the Advantages that flow from good government.
** Letter to John Jay (20 June 1788), published in The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay 1782-1793 (1793), p. 339
* I always considered an idle Life, as a real evil, but, a life of such hurry, such constant hurry, leaves us scarcely a moment for reflection or for the discharge of any other then the most immediate and pressing concerns.
** As quoted in John and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina (1997) by James Haw; ISBN 0-820-31859-0), p. 233
* Be mild and firm. Apply your best exertions to put us in a proper posture of defense.
** As quoted in John and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina (1997) by James Haw, p. 269
* Oh for a fleet that could look the proudest power in Europe in the face, on this our rightful Western Ocean! But alas, it must be left to posterity — at the age of 50 I can't expect to view it unless from above.
** As quoted in John and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina (1997) by James Haw, p. 272

## Misattributed

* I find that I can agree fully with my good friend Patrick Henry when he said it cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
** This is clearly spurious. The only published appearance of this attribution yet located is in Baking Recipes of Our Founding Fathers : Authentic Baking Recipes from the Wives and Mothers Of, & Trivia About, the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and Our Constitution (2004), by Robert W. Pelton, p. 213. As the "religionists" passage cited was not written until 1956, and was not misattributed to Henry until 1988, it is obvious that Rutledge (who died in 1800) can neither have said that he agreed with it nor attributed it to Henry.

## External links

* Biography by Rev. Charles A. Goodrich (1856)
* SCIway Biography of Edward Rutledge
* NGA Profil of Edward Rutledge
* Profile at Find a Grave
# Lou Barletta

Louis James Barletta (January 28, 1956–) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 2011 to 2019 and mayor of Hazleton, Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2010.

## Quotes

* He caught my attention immediately when he highlighted illegal immigration and the open Southern border, the fact that he didn’t back down, well, he was criticized the same way I was as mayor. It was reminiscent of what I went through. I’ve been called names, a racist and a bigot. I fought my case all the way to the Supreme Court. Donald Trump will fight his case all the way to the White House.
* Donald Trump’s voice is resonating with average Americans who feel their voice has been lost by their party, I believe this will become a new Republican Party, one that we should embrace. We should be the party of working men and women, the party of America first.
** Barletta endorsing the candidacy of Donald Trump, as quoted in Costa, Robert (22 March 2016), Lou Barletta, an immigration hard-liner in Congress, endorses Trump, retrieved on December 29, 2020
* [Bob Casey] should be ashamed. He's hurt my family. And the commercial should come down. Shame on him.
** Barletta on an attack ad by Bob Casey that he felt was an attack on his cancer-stricken grandson, as quoted in Brennan, Chris (14 October 2018), Lou Barletta, citing grandson with cancer, lashes out at Bob Casey over health-care campaign ad, retrieved on December 29, 2020

## External links

* Official website
# John Bingham

John Armor Bingham (January 21, 1815 – March 19, 1900) was an American Republican representative from Ohio, an assistant Judge Advocate General in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination and a prosecutor in the impeachment trials of U.S. President Andrew Johnson. He was also the principal framer of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

## Quotes

* Those born within the Republic, whether black or white, are citizens by birth - natural born citizens. There is no such word as white in your Constitution. Citizenship, therefore, does not depend upon complexion any more than it depends upon the rights of election or of office. All from other lands, who by the terms of your laws and a compliance with their provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens of the United States; all other persons born within the Republic, of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty, are natural born citizens.
** 1862, page 1639 of The Congressional Globe, Volume 2; Volume 37
* I repel the suggestion made here in the heat of debate, that the committee or any of its members who favor this proposition seek in any form to mar the Constitution of the country, or take away from any State any right that belongs to it, or from any citizen of any State any right that belongs to him under that Constitution.
** 1866, page 1088 of The Congressional Globe, Volume 2; Volume 39
* I find no fault with the introductory clause, which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural-born citizen; but, sir, I may be allowed to say further that I deny that the Congress of the United States ever had the power, or color of power to say that any man born within the jurisdiction of the United States, not owing a foreign allegiance, is not and shall not be a citizen of the United States.
** 8 March 1866, Cong. Globe, 39th, 1st Sess., 1291 (1866), Sec. 1992 of U.S. Revised Statutes
# John Kasich

John Richard Kasich (born May 13, 1952) is an American politician, author, and television news host who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001 and as the 69th Governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, Kasich unsuccessfully sought his party's presidential nomination in 2000 and 2016.
His tenure in the House included 18 years on the House Armed Services Committee and six years as chairman of the House Budget Committee, and he was a key figure in passage of both welfare reform and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. He was a commentator on Fox News Channel, hosting Heartland with John Kasich from 2001 to 2007. He also worked as an investment banker, as managing director of Lehman Brothers' Columbus office.

## Quotes

* You know, when people have no meaning in their lives, they begin to do things that sometimes can be totally crazy.
** Kasich: U.S. Has To Destroy ISIS on The Ground, "The Longer We Wait, The More Costly It Will Be", 6 December 2015 Captain Green is the ruler of the universe.
* If all of a sudden, you couldn't buy an AR-15, what would you lose? Would you feel as though your Second Amendment rights would be eroded because you couldn't buy a God-darn AR-15?
** On CNN's State of the Union on February 18, 2018 ("Transcript". State of the Union. CNN. February 18, 2018. Retrieved on September 6, 2018. ; Koenig, Kailani (February 18, 2018). "GOP Sen. Lankford has 'no issue' with stronger gun background checks". Meet the Press. NBC News. Retrieved on August 22, 2018. ; Turkewitz, Julie; Hartocollis, Anemona (February 20, 2018). "Highlights: Students Call for Action Across Nation; Florida Lawmakers Fail to Take Up Assault Rifle Bill". The New York Times. Retrieved on August 24, 2018. ).
# Hiram Price

Hiram Price (10 January 1814 – 30 May 1901) was a nineteenth-century American banker, merchant, bookkeeper, bank president, railroad president, and five-term Republican congressman from Iowa's 2nd congressional district.

## Quotes

* The Republican Party is strong enough to dare to do right and cannot afford to shirk a duty. The colored men North and South were loyal to the Government in the days of its greatest peril. There was not a rebel or a traitor to be found among them. They ask the privilege of citizenship now that slavery has been forever banished from our country. Why should the great freedom-loving State of Iowa longer deny them this right? No one reason can be given that has not been used to bolster up slavery for the last hundred years. The war that has just closed has swept that relic of barbarism from our land; let the Republican Party have the courage to do justice...I have no fear of the result in a contest of this kind. We shall carry the election and have the satisfaction of wiping out the last vestige of the black code that has long been a disgrace to our State.
** As quoted in History of Iowa from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century (1903), by Benjamin F. Gue, Volume III, Chapter 1

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Hiram Price on Wikipedia
# Josh Shapiro

Joshua David Shapiro (born June 20, 1973) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as 48th governor of Pennsylvania since 2023. Previously, he served as the |Pennsylvania's Attorney General from 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and as chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners.

## Quotes about Shapiro

* If I was a Democrat running in 2022, I’d be worried about turnout. I’d be looking to sound the alarm on this issue, because it’s a turnout issue for Democrats and progressives, and Josh Shapiro might be worried, with good reason, that they don’t come out
    Assuming the Supreme Court rules on the Mississippi case in a way that severely restricts abortion rights, or even tosses Roe, it’s going to be a huge, huge issue, one that can really turn out Democratic voters in an off year
   * former Democratic Gov. w:Ed Rendell In Pa. gov. race, Democrat Josh Shapiro banks on abortion rights as a winning issue (March 20, 2022)

## External links

* Attorney General Josh Shapiro official government website
* Josh Shapiro for Governor campaign website
# James G. Blaine

James Gillespie Blaine (31 January 1830 – 27 January 1893) was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State, and champion of the Half-Breeds. He was a dominant Republican leader of the post-Civil War period, obtaining the 1884 Republican nomination, but losing to Democrat Grover Cleveland.
The city of Blaine, washington is named after him.

## Quotes

* The United States is the only country with a known birthday. All the rest began, they know not when, and grew into power, they know not how. If there had been no Independence Day, England and America combined would not be so great as each actually is. There is no "Republican," no "Democrat," on the Fourth of July — all are Americans. All feel that their country is greater than party.
** Oration on Independence Day

## Quotes about Blaine

* Like an armed warrior, like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American Congress and threw his shining lance full and fair against the brazen forehead of every traitor to his country and every maligner of his fair reputation.
** Robert G. Ingersoll nominating Blaine for President at the 1876 Republican National Convention (15 June 1876)
# Mitch Daniels

Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (born April 7, 1949) is an academic administrator and former politician who was Governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. Since 2013, Daniels has been president of Purdue University.

## Quotes

* I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time consisting of ink. We can debate its origins endlessly and search for villains on ideological grounds, but the reality is pure arithmetic.
** Reported in Kathryn Jean Lopez, "Mitch Daniels Takes CPAC", National Review Online (February 11, 2011).
* She is comprehensively experienced and has advantages that some of the other contenders would have to scramble to match in terms of her exposure to the world and many of the tough issues we are facing in foreign policy.
** On Hillary Clinton, Bloomberg's With All Due Respect (February 5, 2015).
# Orrin Hatch

Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney, retired politician, and composer who served as a United States Senator from Utah for 42 years (1977–2019). He was the longest-serving Republican U.S. Senator in history and the longest-serving U.S. Senator from Utah.
Hatch chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions from 1981 to 1987. He also served as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 2001 and 2003 to 2005. On January 3, 2015, after the 114th United States Congress was sworn in, Hatch became President pro tempore of the Senate. He served as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 2015 to 2019. Hatch led the efforts to pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. He retired in January 2019 and was succeeded by the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney.

## Quotes

* If we can find some way to do this without destroying their machines, we'd be interested in hearing about that […] if that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines. There's no excuse for anyone violating copyright laws.
** "Destroy 'pirate' PCs, says politician". BBC News. 2003-06-18. Retrieved on 2006-08-22.
* I’m not aware of it. I don’t pay much attention to his tweets. I’ll say this for ya: He’s been one of the best presidents I’ve served under. And the reasoning is, he’s not afraid to make decisions. He’s not afraid to take on the big mouths around here.
** On Donald Trump after asked about a series of anti-Muslim videos that Trump had retweeted. As quoted in Shaq Didn’t Call Trump the 'Best President' (September 17, 2018) by Catherine Monk, FactCheck.org

## Quotes about Hatch

* …Senator Hatch taught us that an abusive tax system is particularly dangerous for freedom of religion or belief. Religious and spiritual movements are vulnerable, and ideologically motivated bureaucrats can do much damage to them. Tax reform and the defense of freedom of religion or belief are inseparable.
** Marco Respinti, "Religious Liberty and Tax Reform: Remembering Senator Orrin Hatch" (2022), Bitter Winter

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Orrin Hatch on Wikipedia
* Media related to Orrin Hatch on Wikimedia Commons
* Works related to Author:Orrin Grant Hatch on Wikisource