Joan Walsh Anglund Quotes

In the history of this country [USA], the reason we have never developed a social democratic base, the way they have in Europe - we're the only Western country without some kind of universal health care. There's a reason, and it is because corporate interests have divided the American people by race and ethnicity, the Irish from the blacks, the Germans from the German Jews.

Where is the yesterday that worried us so.

Friendship is like a rose. . . opening one petal at a time, only as it unfolds. . . day by day it reveals its true beauty.

A poet wants only one small stone on which to carve his life.

Chris Christie was going to save the party from a figure like [Donald] Trump. He was going to save the party. That didn`t happen. And now, he`s with Trump.

Love comes quietly... but you know when it is there because suddenly... you are not alone anymore... and there is no sadness in you.

Love comes quietly... / but you know when it is there.

Your strength lies in your Hope. Your salvation lies in your Faith.

Do not be sad that you have suffered, be glad that you have lived.

The best way to help yourself is to help someone else.

Peace is the harvest of love as war is the fruit of hate.

A brook can be a friend in a special way. It talks to you with splashy gurgles. It cools your toes and lets you sit quietly beside it when you don't feel like speaking.

Between loving friends there need be no secrets . . . the trusting heart is always safe with another who truly cares.

The only educational aspect of television is that it puts the repair man's kids through college.

A small speckled visitor Wearing a crimson cape Brighter than a cherry Smaller than a grape A polka-dotted someone Walking on my wall A black-hooded lady In a scarlet shawl.

Influence: What you think you have until you try to use it.

Adversity often activates a strength we did not know we had.

We dwell in shadow or in sunlight . . . according to our belief.

Color is something we see with our eyes, but love is something we see with our heart.

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs.

Friendships begin because, even without words, we understand how someone feels.

Like all good teachers, the world repeats her lesson. Over and over ...with wordless variety... She spells the name of Love.

Faith is the staff that will support you over the rockiest terrain.

Life is in the living. Love is in the giving.

Words have consequences, and I judge people not only by their words but what they do. And if you look at people who have a pattern, who've built a career out of dividing people and who built a career out of often not just Obama but finding ways to degrade and diminish African-Americans and African-American leaders. It's racist to consistently make your living on the backs of black people.

He [Donald Trump] is got no ethics when it comes to business and can they turn this story line, talk to his white working class base and say, he`s hired illegal immigrants. He doesn`t look out for you. He`s taking your kids money at Trump University and he is being accused of fraud.

These two guys [Donald Trump and Chris Christie] kinds find each other. They love each other. They were playing let`s spend the night together when I turned the TV in the hotel today. I was like oh, my goodness.But it`s like the worst buddy movie. They degrade women. They steal candy from orphans. They mock the disabled. They pick on teachers. It`s frightening to watch.

I used to keep my college roommate from reading my personal mail by hiding it in her textbooks.