"Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant."

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George Mason

#Art Quotes #Tyrants Quotes #Slavery Quotes

“The heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training.”
“You gotta laugh because if you didn't you'd cry”
“In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.”
“I couldn't take my eyes off him. Like a desert wanderer afraid of mirages, I gazed at my oasis, but he was real.”

Source : Laura Whitcomb (2005). “A Certain Slant of Light”, p.21, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good investment for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and they would directly contribute to revitalizing a big sector of middle-class wages in America and making our country more productive, so that we could create more opportunity. But I think that we could get a lot of grassroots support from, like, local chambers of commerce and other things if they understood exactly how this infrastructure bank would work.”
“The Cross is the central event in time and eternity, and the answer to all the problems of both.”
“There are definitely some stories worth telling and I think there's something to be said for telling your story.”
“Music can't change the world.”

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