"When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education . . . the time will come when men are carried away and lose all self-restraint . . . . It is not necessary to do violence to such a people in order to strip them of the rights they enjoy; they themselves willingly loosen their hold. . . . they neglect their chief business which is to remain their own masters."

-- Alexis de Tocqueville

#Men Quotes #Rights Quotes #Self Quotes

“Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur?”
“The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.”
“Interethnic and spiritual accord is our strategic resource, the basis for progress of our society and state.”
“I started in 1946 in radio. I was ten years old. I was discovered singing in a school play. Someone was in the audience and it's six degrees of separation.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are.”

Source : "Gene Sharp: A dictator's worst nightmare". Interview with Mairi Mackay, www.cnn.com. June 25, 2012.
“Not only did I win the fight, but I won something that's more than a fight could ever give me and that is gaining back a family.”
“When I started to play with my fingernails, it was not just for volume. The most important thing was giving the guitar different colors in its voices...”
“Here's our job as believers, love everybody ALWAYS!”

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