"No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government."

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Source : Isabel Paterson (1993). “God of the Machine”, p.285, Transaction Publishers

Isabel Paterson

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“When I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long for me to write this book?" Because my dream, since I was 10 years old, was to be a writer. I said, I have to revisit my life using a metaphor, and the metaphor was basically this boy that has a dream and has to go far away to realize that his dream is close to him.”
“You can't choose your potential, but you can choose to fulfill it.”
“Justice-seekers everywhere will celebrate Dunbar-Ortiz's unflinching commitment to truth-a truth that places settler-colonialism and genocide exactly where they belong: as foundational to the existence of the United States.”
“I had a strong faith that I would, eventually, have a baby.”
“I don't always have the stomach muscles I have, and I get cellulite as well like everyone else.”
“I'd describe my inner life as constantly vigilant, always ready to flee or respond with violence. I've felt this way since I was a small child. Although it's often quite amusing, it's exhausting at times to live with myself, and when I'm tired and overwhelmed, I do become very depressed. If I'm unable to work for too long, I start questioning my purpose on this earth and whether or not I deserve to live. When I look at other people, I get the sense that they live with themselves much more gracefully.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.
“Passions are like storms which, full of present mischief, serve to purify the atmosphere.”
“The earth itself is a great big magnet.”

Source : Edward Leedskalnin (1988). “Magnetic Current”, p.4, Health Research Books

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