"There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against the existing chief power. Oppositions which do not express genuine social forces are as trivial, in relation to entrenched power, as the old court jesters."

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Source : "The Machiavellians, Defenders of Freedom" by James Burnham, (p. 280), 1987.

James Burnham

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“We all know about the car breaking down on a deserted road scenario. That's clichÃ©. I'm thinking more of Cider with Rosie, as in, the dark side.”
“Kim Jong Un is an unreasonable leader and a very dangerous person. Yet he is the person who has effective control over North Korea, and he is the person who has the authority to denuclearize North Korea.”
“I kind of look at my modeling career and the Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I'm doing now.”

Source : "Tippi Hedren, ‘The Birds’ Star: Alfred Hitchcock Ruined My Career" by John Stephens, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 07, 2012.
“But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips.”
“On the show, you have to be more charismatic, a little smoother, but I think I can still be that prince of darkness. You just have to learn the tricks of the TV trade as well.”
“It is self-evident that St. Louis affected me more deeply than any other environment has ever done. I feel that there is something in having passed one's childhood beside the big river, which is incommunicable to those people who have not. I consider myself fortunate to have been born here, rather than in Boston, or New York, or London.”
“Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings.”
“If you crossed Matthew Henry's path, you would quickly realize that here was someone taking thankful notice of all God was doing for him, and doing so in an attractively joyful way that was infectious.”

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