"We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic."

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Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Michael D. Higgins

#Meaningful Quotes #Republic Quotes #Needs Quotes

“It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake.”
“Where has the genius of the pedistal [sic] of the laws and constitution of our boasted country fled?”
“As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going?”
“I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought.”
“Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.”
“The cost of a semiconductor chip fabrication plant doubles every four years.”
“I'm very pleased with being a part of the Bean Pole family. It's a relationship that makes sense to me. I'm very pleased to have my name associated with Bean Pole Jeans.”
“When it comes to desiring, we are all experts. If there were an Olympics of desiring, we would all make the team.”

Source : William Braxton Irvine (2007). “On Desire: Why We Want what We Want”, p.1, Oxford University Press

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