Here is what the practical impact of Citizens United means. What Citizens United means is that corporations call hundreds of millions of dollars into television ads, radio ads, and other forms of advertising to defeat those candidates who stand up and take them on.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
What the American people want to see in their president is somebody who not necessarily can win every fight, but they want to see him stand up and fight for what he believes, take his case to the American people.
There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along, but that's not going to be very helpful for us in the long run, in terms of solving our problems. And somebody has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to, you know, the bullies.
Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.