"On a grander scale, when a society segregates itself, the consequences affect the economy, the emotions, and the ecology. That's one reason why it's easy for pro-lifers to eat factory-raised animals that disrespect everything sacred about creation. And that is why it's easy for rabid environmentalists to hate chainsaws even though they snuggle into a mattress supported by a black walnut bedstead."

-- Joel Salatin

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“Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.”
“I have more energy to run after our four children. Weight loss and great skin were a bonus!”
“These is old blues / and I sing em like any woman do. / These the old blues / and I sing em, sing em, sing em. Just like any woman do. / My life ain't done yet. / Naw. My song ain't through.”

Source : Sherley Anne Williams (1975). “The Peacock Poems”, p.25, Wesleyan University Press
“I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.”
“Utility representatives will not show up at your door unannounced and will not ask for banking information in unsolicited phone calls. If you get a request for personal information that leaves you skeptical, contact my office and we can help determine if the call was legitimate.”
“A revolution is to bring on change and we're spiritual people trying to bring on spiritual change. It might sound like I'm a dreamer, but economic models have reached their height of evolution. Technology has evolved. What hasn't evolved is mankind's spirituality; everything is from 3,000 years ago.”

Source : "30 minutes with ... Damian Marley". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2012.
“The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live.”

Source : "The Fable of the Bees". Book by Bernard Mandeville. Remark R, p. 245, 1732.
“In effect the people were present through their representatives, and were themselves, step by step and point by point, acting in the conduct of public affairs. No longer merely an ultimate check on government, they were in some sense the government.”

Source : Bernard Bailyn (1992). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.173, Harvard University Press

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