"No great thought, no great object, satisfies the mind at first view, nor at the last."

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Source : Abel Stevens (1881). “Madame de Staël, a Study of Her Life and Times: The First Revolution and the First Empire”

Abel Stevens

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“We have terrorists coming into the country both through our Northern and Southern borders.”

Source : Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 26, 2012.
“I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.”
“The income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the American people. It forces every worker to be a bookkeeper, to open his records to the government, to explain his expenses, to fear conviction for a harmless accounting error. Compliance wastes billions of dollars. It penalizes savings and creates an enormous drag on the U.S. economy. It is incompatible with a free society, and we arenâ€™t libertarians if we tolerate it.”
“The great white cold walks abroad!”

Source : Richard Hovey (1908). “Along the Trail”
“You canâ€™t shine if you donâ€™t burn.”
“I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.”
“Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.”
“Friends we shall never be, you know that yourself. Whether we shall be the happiest or the wretchedest of people--that's in your hands.”

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