"The Law is but words and paper without the hands of swords of men."

-- James Harrington

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“Anyone contemplating world war is certifiably insane, no matter how calm they seem.”
“The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'.”
“Don't you someday want to see a woman president of the United States of America?”
“Charity groped for the phone, coming up with it at last and croaking "hello" in a voice that sounded exactly like a bullfrog's mating call. Which made a kind of twisted sense - last night she'd been hunting for a mate as well.”
“Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty.”

Source : Commencement Speech by Anna Quindlen, www.mtholyoke.edu. 1999.
“Every individual, from the common mechanic, that works in wood or clay, to the prime minister that regulates with the dash of his pen the agriculture, the breeding of cattle, the mining, or the commerce of a nation, will perform his business the better, the better he understands the nature of things,and the more his understanding is enlightened.”

Source : Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, J.R. McCulloch (2013). “History of Economic Theory: The Selected Writings of Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, and J.R. McCulloch”, p.133, Coventry House Publishing
“Instead of being a person to whom things happened, I became a person who made things happen.”
“The mighty army of time is without equal.”

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