"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom."

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Source : John Locke (1821). “Two treatises of government”, p.234

John Locke

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“I don't think I'd be able to flat-out write a pop song and make it satisfying to me. I'm ready to make a consistent sound in whatever way I can.”

Source : "Leon Bridges Comes Home". Interview with Steven Edelstone, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 23, 2015.
“To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you.”
“With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.”
“There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right.”
“All politics are local, whether in Kabul or in Canada.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I tore the dreams from my head and tossed them in the flames. And the smoke smelled like my past, and it stung my eyes but I was too stubborn to blink.”

Source : Song: Sleepwalking, Album: Ghost, 2007
“When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.”
“I'm proud of my ability to understand what somebody else is trying to do and help them achieve it, because part of the aesthetic of improvisation is service. We don't lead, we only follow. You never say no. Serve the servant, follow the follower. And that's very valuable in your life, as well as very valuable in your work.”

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