"Gandhi saw how people have to re-think their own individuality before engaging in political activity. Otherwise they're just playing the game that the adversary has set out."

-- Pankaj Mishra

#Thinking Quotes #Games Quotes #People Quotes

“I'M CONFUSED, because I don't know why it's so hard to obey a policeman. You will not win!!! And I don't know why some policeman abuse their power. Power is a responsibility, not a weapon to brandish and lord over the populace.”

Source : Benjamin Watson (2015). “Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race. Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us.”, p.15, NavPress
“Are imperfections is which make we grate.”
“I can get pissed off very easily.”
“In the past, the British had signally failed to build an effective structure of royal authority and administration in their American colonies. As a result, no possibility existed of soothing and winning over influential and talented Americans, in the way that influential and talented Scotsmen were increasingly being won over, by giving them increased access to state employment.”

Source : Linda Colley (2005). “Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837”, p.136, Yale University Press
“They say if you fall, someone who loves you will lend a hand for you, I have 8 pairs of hands always ready to hold me back up when I stumble”
“Our single greatest challenge is the ability to move power to markets outside North Dakota.”
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”
“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty, teeth and keystone under independence. The church, the plow, the prairie wagon and the citizen's firearms are indelibly related.”

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