“The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.”
— Thomas Jefferson
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Category: imagination
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If an eloquent speaker speak not the
Everyone has been made for some particular
At what point then is the approach
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
— Abraham Lincoln
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Category: time
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Life and death are one thread, the
The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall
“The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.”
— Larry J. Sabato
Author: Larry J. Sabato
Category: design
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Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this
“Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man – the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Category: truth
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In a daydream sort of way, I
There is always inequality in life. Some
The great constitutional corrective in the hands
“The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: great
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