"The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types of arms. The possession of these elements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues, and tends to permit uprising."

-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi

#Uprising Quotes #People Quotes #Elements Quotes

“She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.”
“Learn how to grow out of yourself and into the world of others: Plant a shade tree under which you know you will never sit. Set some goals that may benefit your children or an orphanage or the employees of your company or future generations or your own city, fifty years from now.”
“Success makes enemies of those who would have never been true friends.”
“We're trying to do what Miles Davis would have wanted us to do, which is approach it as artists with his life as the canvas.”
“A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time.”
“Of what help is anyone who can only be approached with the right words?”

Source : Elizabeth Bibesco (1951). “Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms”
“A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes. If you want to reform a nation you begin with families.”
“Americaâ€™s one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.”

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