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Tony Snow
American
Journalist
About the author
To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#God
#Power
#Faith
#Truth
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Love
#Fear
#Moods
#Writers
#Music
#Politics
#Obvious
#Confusion
#Lust
#Joy
#Longing
#Yearning
Well, we can't afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death, and want to annihilate Western civilization.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Want
#Love
#Death
#Liberty
#Civilization
#Blindness
We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Hope
#People
It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#People
#Sense
#Quiet
That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Nothing
#Science
#Tests
#Measure
We live in an anaesthetized society.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Society
Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Ability
#Liberty
#Authority
#Power
#Military
#Wealth
#Vitality
Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Right
#Now
#Food
#Poor
#Trying
#Help
#Kindness
Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Talk
#People
#Act
Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Home
#Desire
#Sin
#Animals
#Lovers
#Pet
It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Freedom
#President
It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Music
#Mistake
Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Dogs
In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Security
#Words
Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Day
#World
#Science
#Universe
#Theories
#Help
#Error
#Scientists
#Wonders
George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Years
#Popular
#Vote
Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#People
#Public
#Politics
Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Time
#Security
#Will
#Today
#Baby
#Benefits
Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Time
#Right
#People
#Voting
If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Day
#Independence
#America
#Holiday
#Thanksgiving
We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Liberty
#Sense
#Trust
#Destiny
#Nation
#Blessings
The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Art
#Being
The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Peace
#Business
#Oil
The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Security
#Sin
The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Illness
#Learning
The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Earth
#Money
#states
#United
#Nation
#African
There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.
Tony Snow,
American
Journalist
#Senate