"It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property. The existence of persons and property preceded the existence of the legislator, and his function is only to guarantee their safety."

-- Frederic Bastiat

#Safety Quotes #Guarantees Quotes #Function Quotes

“If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk.”
“The more Americans find out about President Barack Obama's health care law, the less they like it. A majority of Americans want out.”
“I can see a version of my life where it all becomes meaningless. On a good day, writing seems noble. Other times, it's narcissistic and pointless.”

Source : "'I'm the bloke who got the big advance'". Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2004.
“It is equally unreasonable to run a university as a "participatory democracy," the approach to governance that once existed in Europe. That approach in European institutions of higher learning was appealing to professors because it was democratic. But those institutions also suffered because they lacked an executive decision-making process; making changes became virtually impossible.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to direct themselves.”

Source : Letter to the Editor, N.Y. Times, 13 Aug. 1945
“Alas, how wretched is the being who depends on the stability of public favour!”
“As a healer, the first thing to tell every patient is to breathe deeply. Shallow breathing means no endurance, no patience.”
“Guitar playing is just something that came to me and is really second nature now.”

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

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