"....there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people."

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Source : James Burgh (1774). “Political Disquisitions: Or, An Enquiry Into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses”, p.476

James Burgh

#Army Quotes #Differences Quotes #People Quotes

“Donâ€™t feel guilty if you donâ€™t know what you want to do with your lifeâ€¦the most interesting people I know didnâ€™t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still donâ€™t.”
“I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.”
“I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.”
“The truly still mind, with which you were born, is the mind that moves freely. Without ignoring anything, it reacts wholeheartedly to everything it encounters, to everything on which it reflects. And yet, for all that, it is the mind that is never seized by anything, but is always ready to react on the spot to whatever it encounters next. The mind that is still is the mind that never forfeits its freedom and is able to constantly keep rolling androlling and rolling.”

Source : Soko Morinaga, Belenda Attaway Yamakawa (2002). “Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity”, p.82, Simon and Schuster
“People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.”
“It is so hard and long before a student comes to a realization that these [first] few large simple spots in right relations are the most important things in the study of painting. They are the fundamentals of all painting.”
“You can't talk about peace nor agreement while terror is used as the main argument.”

Source : "Fujimori breaks silence and urges release of hostages". www.cnn.com. December 22, 1996.
“The Master and Margarita is my favorite. To me itâ€™s the greatest exploration of the human imagination.”

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