"Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of the vicinage in civil and criminal cases; of the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus; of the right to keep and bear arms.... If these rights are well defined, and secured against encroachment, it is impossible that government should ever degenerate into tyranny."

-- James Monroe

#Religious Quotes #Rights Quotes #Government Quotes

“As long as you put on a jersey, no matter what kind of jersey it is, as long as you're supporting the game of basketball, I enjoy it.”
“I think pants have unique qualities, especially in a womanâ€™s life. Whatever bodily insecurities we have, we seem to take out on our pants.”
“Because normally with Western cuisine, you'll serve vegetables separate from the meat, so kids will eat the meat and never touch the vegetables.”
“As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Compiled by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt and Kate Louise Roberts, 1922.
“I'm one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.”
“I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.”
“With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat?”
“The problem with anger is that once it burns out, you're left with empty tanks.”

Source : Craig Johnson (2004). “The Cold Dish: A Longmire Mystery”, p.188, Penguin

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