List Of United States Political Families (V)
The following is an alphabetical list of political families in the United States whose last name begins with V.
Read more about List Of United States Political Families (V): The Vails, The Van Alens and Van Burens, The Van Dykes, The Van Hollens, The Van Rensselaers, The Van Winkles, The Vances, The Vares, The Varnums, The Vauxs, The Venables, The Venemans, The Verplancks, The Vilas, The Vinings, The Vinsons, The Voorheeses
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“Weigh what loss your honor may sustain
If with too credent ear you list his songs,
Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open
To his unmastered importunity.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The heroes of the world community are not those who withdraw when difficulties ensue, not those who can envision neither the prospect of success nor the consequence of failure—but those who stand the heat of battle, the fight for world peace through the United Nations.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)
“An ... important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)
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—Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)