"First, you must know what the thing is, and then after learn the use of the same."

-- Robert Recorde

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“I have evolved to where I don't think the death penalty is effective.”
“No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion.”

Source : James Burgh (2009). “Political Disquisitions”, p.390, Applewood Books
“People are the real wealth of a nation.”
“It's hard... to shake off something that's already under your skin,”
“When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.”
“Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about. If it is good to say or do something, then it is even better to be criticized for having said or done it.”
“We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.”
“It does matter where you go to church, it does matter where you worship, it does matter where you lift your head, it does matter where you cry out to God. There is something about the atmosphere. I might be lame, but put me in the atmosphere. I may be drunk, but put me in the atmosphere. I may be weak, but put me in the atmosphere.”

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