"The principle of my political life ... is that all amelioration and improvements in political institutions can be obtained by persevering in a perfectly peaceable and legal course, and cannot be obtained by forcible means, or if they could be got by forcible means, such means create more evils than they cure, and leave the country worse than they found it."

-- Daniel O'Connell

#Country Quotes #Mean Quotes #Evil Quotes

“You have to know the human heart.”
“Strength is paradoxical. I am not strong because I can force others to do what I wish as a result of my play with them, but because I can allow them to do what they wish in the course of my play with them.”
“Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.”
“I dont see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.”
“But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.”
“[The] swarming, grunting masses of jackals...”
“Win if you can, lose if you must, always cheat, and if you have to leave the ring, leave tearing it down.”
“Liberals tend to be much more concerned about business and corporations as the oppressors. They look to government as the solution. On the Right it's the opposite. They see business as good, as what generates wealth in society, and they see government as the oppressor, which makes it hard for especially small businesspeople.”

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