"As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather serve with their money than with their persons, the State is not far from its fall."

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Source : "The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right" by Jean Jacques Rousseau, book III. chapter XV, Deputies or Representatives, 1913.

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

#Fall Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Public Service Quotes

“When one realizes God, He grants knowledge and illumination from within; one knows it oneself. In the fullness of one's spiritual realization one will find that He who resides in one's heart, resides in the hearts of others as well - the oppressed, the persecuted, the untouchable, and the outcast.”
“How much hair product does it take to get those spikes?”
“Lately I haven't been able to write for the guitar - it'll usually start out with a melody on the bass, and I'll layer vocals. I just can't really physically hear the guitar anymore, so I'll just go into GarageBand and play around with the keys. I'll sit on a melody or some lyrics for a really long time and just play with it.”
“I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I always thought that my canine family tended to view me as the funny-looking two-legged dog who runs the can opener.”
“I'm not a space writer, obviously, but I had bought this big photo book of the moon landing. You just get attached to certain stories that don't let you go.”
“Our children were created with a deep hunger to encounter the supernatural living God.”
“The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs can't acquire bugs by sitting around with other buggy programs.”

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