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Thomas DiLorenzo

"The founders understood that democracy would inevitably evolve into a system of legalized plunder unless the plundered were given numerous escape routes and constitutional protections such as the separation of powers, the Bill of Rights, election of senators by state legislators, the electoral college, no income taxation, most governmental functions performed at the state and local levels, and myriad other constitutional limitations on the powers of the central government."

-- Thomas DiLorenzo

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“"Balance" as a verb doesn't mean "stillness," but the constant act of making minor corrections from one side to another to bring one towards a center of stability.”
“I think [it's necessary to accept] things that are just true about yourself: These are my faults, these are the things I'm good at, this is where I came from, this is where I didn't come from. I think happy people are the ones who have made peace with those truths and acknowledged them, and learned to use them and live with them.”
“They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.”

Source : Billy Sunday (1970). “Billy Sunday speaks”
“If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.”
“It is hard to think of conversion as a blinding light on the road to Damascus, or as a highly spiritual or intellectual process, when the light comes from a flickering television; the voice of the deity is Bishop Sheen and you have drilled your father on his catechism answers...I was troubled at a young age by the idea that pouring water over someone's head could change both his relationship to God...”
“Well, we have the leverage in the sense that we supply all the wherewithal...or a major part of the wherewithal to finance or to pay for everything Israel does. We don't have any leverage in the sense that Israel controls the Senate. The Senate is at least...a subservient, in my opinion, much too much. We should be more concerned about the United States' interest, rather than doing the bidding of Israel. This is a most unusual development.”
“Live your life so that youâ€™ll have no regrets. No matter how hard, no matter how sad, if something is precious to you, protect it with both arms.”
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”

Source : William James (2010). “The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy”, p.80, The Floating Press

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