"The vigour of government is essential to the security of liberty. . . . a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government."

-- Alexander Hamilton

#Ambition Quotes #Rights Quotes #Government Quotes

“Barring a miracle, the family that has existed since antiquity will likely crumble, presaging the fall of Western civilization itself. This is a time for concerted prayer, divine wisdom and greater courage than we have ever been called upon to exercise,”
“I never feel age... If you have creative work you don't have age or time.”
“To every problem, there is a most simple solution.”
“I think that both Mill and Sidgwick are great and admirable philosophers, from whom we still have a lot to learn. I would not favor a form of Kantianism (if there is such a form) that treats Mill's or Sidgwick's moral philosophy with disrespect.”
“If you want to reach out for something new, you must first let go of whatâ€™s in your hand.”

Source : Sonia Choquette (2010). “Trust Your Vibes: Secret Tools for Six-Sensory Living”, p.115, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Whatever capacity she possesses to supernaturally beguile a human soulâ€”and she possesses manyâ€”she liked his clear-sightedness too well, to blind him that way.”
“The romantic artist, off alone in his storm-battered castle, fuming whole worlds from his brain, reflects his culture's most persistent myth, of God creating from a primal loneliness.”

Source : Garry Wills (1979). “Confessions of a conservative”, Doubleday Books
“Life is complicated. It wtarts before we're ready, it continues while we're still trying to figure out the point of it. And it ends long before we've worked out just what to do.”

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