"There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound reasonable. They still sound reasonable, in large part, because so many of them can be leveled against the federal government of the United States."

-- P. J. O'Rourke

#Government Quotes #Independence Quotes #Twenties Quotes

“I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.”
“We all face adversity and tragedy and need inspiration and motivation to Keep Rolling.”
“Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.”
“Once you wrestke Rikki Atakki, an hour later you want to wrestle him again.”
“And let no government imagine, that, to strip them of the power of defrauding their subjects, is to deprive them of a valuable privilege. A system of swindling can never be long lived, and must infallibly in the end produce much more loss than profit.”

Source : Jean Baptiste Say, Clement Cornell Biddle (1851). “A treatise on political economy”, p.238
“It was God's word that made us; is it any wonder that His word should sustain us?”
“God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple.”
“What I have found is that my fan base will follow me to whatever I'm doing. They gave me a big tune-in for Hallmark. They were just happy to see me working again, and my job is not to disappoint them, not to cheat them.”

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