"Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us."

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Benjamin Rush

#4th Of July Quotes #Blessing Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“If your mom was here, she would flip her top over your grades." "Flip her lid," I muttered.”
“Every American wants MORE & MORE of the world and why not, you only live once. But the mistake made in America is persons accumulate more & more dead matter, machinery, possessions & rugs & fact information at the expense of what really counts as more: feeling, good feeling, sex feeling, tenderness feeling, mutual feeling. You own twice as much rug if you're twice as aware of the rug.”
“No candidate dares to look for a new campaign model that could really enhance the democratic process. Instead we are left with the current one which makes our candidates look like hucksters.”

Source : "Candidate Fundraising: Is This All Messed Up, or Am I Wrong?" by Greta Van Susteren, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2012.
“I certainly have played a lot of strong characters, and I love playing a strong character.”
“Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well.”
“I'm a real pawn-shopper.”

Source : Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.
“When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.'”

Source : "Paul Scholes: What the Game’s Greats Have Said About Him" by Mark Ogden, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 31, 2011.
“History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.”

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