"The categories within which the colonists thought about the social foundations of politics were inheritances from classical antiquity, reshaped by seventeenth century English thought."

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Source : Bernard Bailyn (2017). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition”, p.273, Harvard University Press

Bernard Bailyn

#Foundation Quotes #Inheritance Quotes #Social Quotes

“Ole Anderson! Layin' down could not take me out with a steel toed boot! Could not put me away with a steel toed boot! And I'm gonna say it right now and get it through your head... BOTH OF YA (Ole Anderson and Ivan Koloff) THIS THANG WILL NEVER BE OVAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
“I was always - I was a movie nut. I lived in the movies, really.”
“Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.”
“Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful.”
“Anyone can express himself or herself, but what writers and poets want to do in their work, more than simply express themselves, is communicate.”

Source : Raymond Carver (2001). “Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose”, Vintage
“We have benefited greatly from the globalization of the economy in the last 30 years.”

Source : "McCain adviser talks of 'mental recession'" by Patrice Hill, www.washingtontimes.com. July 9, 2008.
“Mental strength is really important because you either win or lose in your mind. And I'm not solely talking about sporting matches, boxing events - anything you do, you do it first with your mental strength. And you can actually train and develop it, and I am responsible for what I'm saying because I have experience with that.”

Source : Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.
“Our everyday, traditional ideas of reality are delusions which we spend substantial parts of our daily lives shoring up, even at the considerable risk of trying to force facts to fit our definition of reality instead of vice versa. And the most dangerous delusion of all is that there is only one reality.”

Source : "How real is real?: Confusion, disinformation, communication".

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