"The most extravagant idea that can be born in the head of a political thinker is to believe that it suffices for people to enter, weapons in hand, among a foreign people and expect to have its laws and constitution embraced. No one loves armed missionaries; the first lesson of nature and prudence is to repulse them as enemies."

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Source : "Sur la guerre". Speech to the Jacobin Club, January 02, 1792.

Maximilien Robespierre

#Believe Quotes #Hands Quotes #Law Quotes

“We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.”
“We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all [people] and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having.”
“This is God's universe and He does things His way. You may have a better way, but you don't have a universe.”
“A Ming vase can be well-designed and well-made and is beautiful for that reason alone. I don't think this can be true for photography. Unless there is something a little incomplete and a little strange, it will simply look like a copy of something pretty. We won't take an interest in it.”

Source : John Loengard (1987). “Pictures under discussion”, Amphoto Books
“All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.”
“The perfection of mathematical beauty is such...that whatsoever is most beautiful and regular is also found to be most useful and excellent.”
“I don't need the Prince Charming to have my own happy ending.”

Source : "Katy Perry dismisses her relationship with Rob Ackroyd as 'not serious' (here's to hoping he already knew that)" by Rachael Wheeler, www.mirror.co.uk. July 6, 2012.
“The purpose of economic theory is to make those who are comfortable FEEL comfortable.”

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