To think the world therefore a general

“To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.”

— Thomas Traherne

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Category: happiness
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The functions of these elders, therefore, determine

“The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons; or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act.”

— Charles Hodge

Author: Charles Hodge
Category: power
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I think, and I mean this sincerely,

“I think, and I mean this sincerely, I was raised humbly. We were a lower middle income family and a household that was scrimping by at times. We were watching the dollar, stretching the dollar, and coupons. It was all those things.”

— Bryan Cranston

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Category: family
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Obviously a Conservative government will always leave

“Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.”

— William Hague

Author: William Hague
Category: government
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To believe that patriotism will not flourish

“To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary… is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.”

— Robert Jackson

Author: Robert Jackson
Category: patriotism
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