"Whoever is fortunate enough to be an American citizen came into the greatest inheritance man has ever enjoyed. He has had the benefit of every heroic and intellectual effort men have made for many thousands of years, realized at last. If Americans should now turn back, submit again to slavery, it would be a betrayal so base the human race might better perish."

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Source : "The God of the Machine" by Isabel Paterson, (p. 292), 1943.

Isabel Paterson

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“Swift or smooth, broad as the Hudson or narrow enough to scrape your gunwales, every river is a world of its own, unique in pattern and personality. Each mile on a river will take you further from home than a hundred miles on a road.”
“I often felt better as soon as I swallowed my vitamin C, long before it had time to take effect. Medical researchers call it 'placebo effect'; I prefer to call it magic, for it occurs when something - a pill or a word - is imbued with power and meaning, and so it becomes effective. That is alchemy.”
“The writer has the advantage of a medium that can be contemplated many times over on the pages of a book or a magazine. The words lie on the page and the writer has an extended opportunity to imprint on his reader every meaning and nuance distilled from experience.”

Source : Bienvenido Lumbera (1984). “Revaluation: essays on Philippine literature, cinema, and popular culture”
“Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we're angry and scared and at each other's throats.”
“I'd like to be known for stepping up, and encouraging others to do the same.”

Source : Source: www.today.com
“In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.”

Source : "Abbie Cornish Talks THE GIRL, Relating to Her Character, The Remake of ROBOCOP, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 14, 2012.
“It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.”
“The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'”

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