..."decried as a hopeless visionary, a weakling... more a Frenchman than an American, and therefore a bad man."
"Not only was [he] a godless man, but one who mocked the Christian faith."
"With [him] we shall have peace... the friends of war will vote for [the opponent]."
Said about Thomas Jefferson against John Adams in the election of 1800. _________________ “The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
In little more than two decades we've gone from a position of energy independence to one in which almost half the oil we use comes from foreign countries, at prices that are going through the roof. Our excessive dependence on OPEC has already taken a tremendous toll on our economy and our people. . . .
This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our nation. These are facts and we simply must face them. . . .
To give us energy security, I am asking for the most massive peacetime commitment of funds and resources in our nation's history to develop America's own alternative sources of fuel --from coal, from oil shale, from plant products for gasohol, from unconventional gas, from the sun. . .
Jimmy Carter July 1979. And all that happened was that he got mocked for wearing a cardigan. _________________ “The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
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