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- Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. — Samuel Johnson
- He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson
- A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. — William Shakespeare
- My wife and I have spent half our lives, half our adult lives, trying to save special parts of California. — Pete McCloskey
- The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment. — Pete McCloskey
- In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics. — Pete McCloskey