"Nine-tenths of the people are at present freeholders... The time is not distant when this country will abound with mechanics and manufacturers who will receive their bread from their employers. Will such men be the secure and faithful guardians of liberty? Give the votes to people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich who will be able to buy them."

-- Gouverneur Morris

#Country Quotes #Men Quotes #People Quotes

“Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling.”
“As far as I'm concerned, however, it is clear that the concept of premium will be increasingly defined through sustainability in the future.”
“I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That's what we really pay attention to anyway. We don't talk about planes flying; we talk about them crashing.”
“Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.”

Source : Patti Davis (2004). “The Long Goodbye”, Knopf
“Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.”

Source : Don DeLillo (2016). “Mao II”, p.34, Pan Macmillan
“I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.”
“I am learning slowly to bring my crazy pinball-machine mind back to this place...”
“[On Washington, D.C.:] a town of successful men and the women they married before they were successful.”

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