"In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob."

-- Alexander Hamilton

#Passion Quotes #Character Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“If you can't add to the discussion, don't subtract by talking.”

Source : Lois Wyse (1984). “The Six-Figure Woman and How to Be One”, Fawcett Books
“It's not everyday that a whistleblower is actually willing to be identified.”

Source : "Tomgram: Laura Poitras and Tom Engelhardt, The Snowden Reboot". Interview with Tom Engelhardt, www.tomdispatch.com. October 19, 2014.
“I love my job and I know I am very lucky but still, if you audition and you don't get it, it still affects you.”

Source : "'I'm lucky I'm not a pin-up': ITV's Broadchurch star Olivia Colman's own battle" by Halina Watts, www.mirror.co.uk. March 23, 2013.
“Only when the clamor of the outside world is silenced will you be able to hear the deeper vibration. Listen carefully.”
“You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.”
“Obedience is, indeed, founded on a kind of freedom, else it would become mere subjugation, but that freedom is only granted that obedience may be more perfect; and thus while a measure of license is necessary to exhibit the individual energies of things, the fairness and pleasantness and perfection of them all consist in their restraint.”
“Science is a field which grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers. Further, it is truly international in scope. ... Science is a collaborative effort. The combined results of several people working together is often much more effective than could be that of an individual scientist working alone.”

Source : Nobel Banquet Speech, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1972.
“It doesn't matter. You are what you are. I am what I am. We are the same-when you take the time to remember me.”

Source : Christopher Pike (2013). “Thirst: Thirst No. 1; Thirst No. 2; Thirst”, p.382, Simon and Schuster

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