"Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be reprehended: If defective let it be amended, but not suffered to be trampled upon whilst it has an existence."

-- George Washington

#Hands Quotes #Government Quotes #Constitution Quotes

“The capability of human life is beyond our imagination. What counts is the human capacity to investigate and transform our own mind and the world around us in a powerful and positive direction.”
“Families aren't easy to join. They're like an exclusive country club where membership makes impossible demands and the dues for an outsider are exorbitant.”
“Musicians are very mysterious and wonderful people to me; I don't know how they do it.”
“To understand is difficult; to act is easy.”

Source : "Great Britain and the East", Vol. 61, Issues 1727-1742, p. 19, 1944.
“God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.”
“I just don't think America wants a female host. It's like men don't walk around in skirts in this country. Why change a good thing?”
“Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that.”

Source : "Tony Gilroy on The Bourne Legacy: 'Fear changes everything'" by Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2012.
“If we tried To sink the past beneath our feet, be sure The future would not stand.”

Source : Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)”, p.871, Delphi Classics

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