"Discipline means protection from one's own wanton interest."

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Bill Vaughan

#Mean Quotes #Discipline Quotes #Protection Quotes

“When the State withers, humanity flowers.”
“Baathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany.”
“Aâ€”risâ€”ta?â€ Degan asked, sounding horse. â€œWhat is it?â€ â€œA rat bit me,â€ she said, once again shocked by her own rasping voice. â€œJasper does that ifâ€”â€ Gaunt coughed and hacked. After a moment, he spoke again. â€œIf he thinks youâ€™re dead or too weak to fight.â€ â€œJasper?â€ â€œI call him that, but Iâ€™ve also named the stones in my cell.â€ â€œI only counted mine,â€ Arista said. â€œTwo hundred and thirty-four,â€ Degan replied instantly. â€œI have two hundred and twenty-eight.â€ â€œDid you count the cracked ones as two?â€ â€œNo.”
“The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because they knew, psychologically, that naked people never resist.”
“Please, shun darkness, and like trees, always seek to grow toward the light.”
“The woman who takes a woman lover lives dangerously in patriarchy.”
“To get your name well enough known that you can run for a public office, some people do it by being great lawyers or philanthropists or business people or work their way up the political ladder. I happened to become known from a different route.”
“The Women of the Storm made a big difference for me, because it really put some real-life faces with the situation, and not just politicians.”

Source : "Live From..." with Betty Nguyen, edition.cnn.com. February 21, 2006.

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