"The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants."

--

Source : Speech in the Convention Nationale (16 January 1793), Archives Parliamentaires de 1787 à 1860, vol. 57, p. 368, 1900.

Bertrand Barere

#Blood Quotes #Tyrants Quotes #Tree Quotes

“Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good.”
“When you put a movie together, you're continually screening it for yourself and you're screening it for other people. It's like a video game power meter. When the power bar starts going down, you've gotta look at what's going on.”
“Fears are a complete waste of your time. Nine times out of ten, whatever you're afraid of is not dangerous or life threatening. In fact, it's probably not even real.”

Source : Sean Stephenson (2009). “Get Off Your "But": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself”, p.66, John Wiley and Sons
“The best actors in the world are the actors who don't keep the walls up all the time and allow themselves the potential to be embarrassed.”
“Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.”
“You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent.”
“I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.”

Source : Muhammad Iqbal (2010). “The Secrets of the Self”, p.13, Cosimo, Inc.
“If we girls aren't strong, we can't protect the boys we love.”

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