"To the extent that these [New Deal policies] developed, they were tortured interpretations of a document [the Constitution] intended to prevent them."

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Rexford Tugwell

#Constitution Quotes #Interpretation Quotes #Policy Quotes

“The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.”

Source : Harriet Ann Jacobs (1861). “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”, p.126
“This very act of planting a seed in the earth has in it to me something beautiful. I always do it with a joy that is largely mixed with awe.”

Source : Celia Thaxter (2008). “An Island Garden”, p.25, Applewood Books
“Humanity, morality, decency, might be forgotten, but codfish must still be had for the use of the faithful in Lent and on fast days.”

Source : Francis Parkman (1871). “Pioneers of France in the New World”, p.208
“Content is to the mind like moss to a tree; it bindeth it up so as to stop its growth.”
“When I was young, it was very exciting to have a thought that we can change the world if we all collaborated, but I think it's not just an artist's responsibility as I think we all have responsibilities to different things, whatever we choose in our lives.”
“Satan paints sin with virtues colors.”
“I was the second-best player in high school. I was the second pick in the draft. I've been second in the MVP voting three times. I came in second in the Finals. I'm tired of being second. I'm not going to settle for that. I'm done with it.”

Source : "Kevin Durant sick of second, working for first with help of advanced stats" by Ben Golliver, www.si.com. April 23, 2013.
“I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading post and saw a few elderly Navajos sitting on a bench. I felt right at home.”

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