"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible Government which like a giant Octopus, sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states, and nation."

-- John Francis Hylan

#Real Quotes #Government Quotes #Cities Quotes

“A person experiences life as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. Our task must be to free ourselves from this self-imposed prison, and through compassion, to find the reality of Oneness.”
“Those who possess that treasure which no thief can take away, Which, though on suppliants freely spent, increaseth day by day, The source of inward happiness which shall outlast the earth-- To them e'en kings should yield the palm, and own their higher worth.”
“Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak.”
“No repentance, obedience, self-denial, prayers, tears, reformation or ordinances, without the new creation, avail any thing to the salvation of thy soul.”
“Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.”

Source : Ray Bradbury (2000). “Bradbury Stories”
“I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act.”
“I want to write about grown-up things.”
“There's something really natural to me about being what they call in the business a "hyphenate." Being a musician-actor or writer-musician-actor.”

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