"When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete... Peace and prosperity, public virtue, victory, everything is in the vigor of the laws. Outside of the laws, everything is sterile and dead."

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Source : Louis Antoine de Saint-Just's remarks on autumn 1792, as quoted in "Oeuvres Completes de Saint-Just", Volume 1, edited by Charles Vellay, 1908.

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

#Wise Quotes #Law Quotes #People Quotes

“A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 28, 2014
“Find your bliss and your joy, know that you are a white light disco ball with no ceilings and no limitations.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kris Carr from Jul 11, 2011
“Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.”
“I thought we'd die there, quarrels in our backs, you for what you did and me for bearing witness.”
“I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone.”
“People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You canâ€™t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.”
“I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I.”

Source : "Fictional character: Betty MacDonald". "The Egg and I", www.imdb.com. 1947.
“My daddy was the type that if you asked him, "Dad, am I going to get off punishment soon?" - he would extend it. It was like jail.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com

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