Random Quotes
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.Samuel Johnson, Life of Boerhaave
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.Sir Winston Churchill
The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.David Richerby
Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.Terry Pratchet, The Last Continent
Bad law is the worst sort of tyranny.Edmund Burke
Think what you do when you run into debt; you give another power over your liberty.Benjamin Franklin
Anyone who interprets or defines your rights controls your destiny.Paul Walter
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.Henry David Thoreau
If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself.John Milton
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master.George Washington