"The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need."

-- Harlan F. Stone

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“Fear and pain and suffering is not OK for any being to feel intentionally at the hands of us.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word "luxury.”
“In the twelfth century the Basque fishermen of Biarritz used to hunt whales with deadly efficiency. When the whales sensibly moved away, the Basques chased them further and further, with the consequence that the fishermen of Biarritz discovered America before Columbus did. This is a matter for local pride but on a larger view it is not quite so stunning, since with the possible exception of the Swiss everybody discovered America before Columbus did.”
“If anyone has it rough at Guantanamo, it is the guards. They are constantly harassed and threatened by some of these terrorists. Prisoners tell guards, we know where your families are. We know where your wife is, your children, and we are going to kill them.”
“An actor works with their soul and their thought”
“King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea. Never got a dinner!”
“The Big-Media collective is slow, stupid and shackled by ideology. Reality must bite them before they'll recognize it, much less report it.”
“Being out on the edge, with everything at risk, is where you learn and grow the most.”

Source : Jim Whittaker (2013). “A Life on the Edge, Anniversary Edition: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond”, p.18, Mountaineers Books

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