"The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position."

-- George Washington

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“There lots of other kids playing in streets around this country today who are going to be dead tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day and month, because other young people are reading the kinds of things and seeing the kinds of things that are available in the media today.”
“As actors, we try to just do the character justice and try to make the writer's intentions come to life. If you do that to the best of your ability, that's really all you can do. All that other stuff, like a warm reception from fans and viewers, is just icing.”
“The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior.”
“Voyager upon life's sea, To yourself be true, And whate'er your lot may be, Paddle your own canoe.”
“If you're injecting fear into other people, then you're trying to kill their minds. You're trying to get them to stop thinking.”
“So I can say I used to have a waist.”
“They'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you're going to destroy nations.”

Source : "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara". Documentary, www.imdb.com. August 30, 2003.
“There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation. And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it's clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

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