"Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self be ineffectual? We join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility, or, in the words of the ardent young Nazi, "to be free from freedom.""

-- Eric Hoffer

#Responsibility Quotes #Men Quotes #Self Quotes

“If passed by the U.N. and ratified by the U.S. Senate, the U.N. Small Arms Treaty would almost certainly force the United States to... create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation.”
“It is essential that anyone reading this book know at the outset that the author is apolitical. I was convinced in 1927 that humanity's most fundamental survival problems could never be solved by politics.”
“Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.”

Source : Patti Davis (2004). “The Long Goodbye”, Knopf
“Every one's abilities may be increased or strengthened by a kind of culture.”

Source : Jacob Abbott (1835). “The Young Christian: Or, a Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian Duty”, p.303
“I did no know everything there was to know about myself, and knew that I did not know it.”
“I don't think you have to make this choice about being on one side or the other side. My feeling is that when we are committed to growing the economy and making sure that our public employees have a place at the table through collective bargaining, everyone wins.”
“I was a terrible history student. They taught me history as if it were a visit to a wax museum or to the land of the dead. I was over twenty before I discovered that the past was neither quiet nor mute.”
“My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!”

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