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J. G. A. Pocock

"As in Machiavelli, the bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a responsible moral being; but the possession of land in nondependent tenure is now the material basis for bearing of arms."

Source : J. G. A. Pocock (2016). “The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition”, p.390, Princeton University Press

J. G. A. Pocock

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“You can't just draw a veil of secrecy when you are locking people up. You have to do at least the minimum, which is to acknowledge who you are holding.”
“If I'm tired of me, I'm sure the public is as well.”
“A sense of beauty is every hindrance to a soldier; yet there would be no soldiers - or none such soldier had not men dead and living cherished and handed on the sacred fire.”

Source : Ivor Gurney, Robert Kelsey Rought Thornton (1991). “Ivor Gurney: collected letters”, Carcanet Pr
“People have the absolute right to preach and to think and to say whatever they believe, and at the same time those beliefs can't be used as the basis for denying other people their equal rights and their equal freedom.”
“Once, a friendâ€™s mom said to me when I was very young 'You can't really invest in your looks as the only thing because it's a depreciating asset. I think this is trueitâ€™s like putting money into a stock thatâ€™s going down. Put your money, put your effort, invest in your brain and talent which will appreciate and get better as you get older.”
“Lord, let me write, leave me autistic and typing until my windows bust into a thousand silver doves and I know the poem is done.”
“Because we are no different from any animal, any insect or germule. We are not special, Cal. You, me, we all came from nothing, and that's exactly where we're all going one day, maybe soon, whether we like it or not.”

Source : Brian Williams, Roderick Gordon (2011). “Tunnels #2: Deeper”, p.351, Scholastic Inc.
“It will be difficult to return to racing this weekend after Marco's terrible accident in Sepang but I think it is the best thing we can do to honour him,â€ says World Champ Casey Stoner. We know we all play a risky game and, even if compared to the past the safety of our sport is much better, unfortunately these kind of events still occur. We will go out there this weekend and try to put on a good show for all the fans and especially in memory of Marco.”

"As in Machiavelli, the bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a responsible moral being; but the possession of land in nondependent tenure is now the material basis for bearing of arms."

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