"Good government is known from bad government by this infallible test: that under the former the labouring people are well fed and well clothed, and under the latter, they are badly fed and badly clothed."

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Source : William Cobbett (1933). “The Progress of a Plough-boy to a Seat in Parliament: As Exemplified in the History of the Life of William Cobbett, Member for Oldham”

William Cobbett

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“There is much to be said for solitude.”

Source : Douglas Kennedy (2013). “The Douglas Kennedy Collection #2: Temptation, The Woman in the Fifth, and Leaving the World”, p.444, Simon and Schuster
“something has been said for sobriety but very little.”

Source : John Berryman (2014). “77 Dream Songs: Poems”, p.64, Macmillan
“I have never seen where hatred overcomes love. When you love, you overcome. Love is the most powerful weapon.”
“My desire as a Christian pastor is to see churches raised up as communities of grace ruled by Jesus and led by his gloriously masculine men who work their jobs, eat their meat, drink their beer, romance their wives, study their Bible, and raise their kids in glory and joy”
“We make stupid mistakes when we're young; we do our best to make amends for them as we get older. We survive by learning; by learning we survive. Such is life. So be it.”

Source : Allen Steele (2002). “Coyote”, p.295, Penguin
“My voice sounded like one of the guinea fowl that screeched in our trees as it pooped, but I never let that stop me.”

Source : William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer (2015). “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition”, p.15, Penguin
“Julia Roberts is a favorite. Everybody loves her in the Hollywood community. The public adores her.”
“When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody knows because they don't know what to expect. I don't mind a little bit of anonymity; it helps on the subway.”

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