"The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states. If it be purely local, congress cannot constitutionally appropriate money for the object. But, if the benefit be general, it matters not, whether in point of locality it be in one state, or several; whether it be of large, or of small extent."

-- Joseph Story

#Character Quotes #Tests Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Thanks in part to the Patriot Act, the federal government has been able to demand some details of your online activities from service providers - and not to tell you about it.”
“Sadat provides an important, insistent voice for continued advancement in peace and social justice.”
“I looked back on the roaring Twenties, with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby' and the pre-Code films as a party I had somehow managed to miss.”
“Why we are here is an impenetrable question.”
“I have found that each of my books has developed out of something I have written in a previous book. Some thought evidently unfinished.”
“You will not forestall my judgement!”
“Writing is something you'll never learn in any university or at any school. It's something that is within you, and if it isn't there, nothing can put it there.”

Source : "All I Want To Be Is The Jane Austen Of South Alabama". Interview with Roy Newquist, www.thebluegrassspecial.com.
“Hello, Bradley,' said Mom. She'd regained her composure after my outburst, and now raised her camera. 'Stand close.' 'No, Mom,' I said. 'No pictures.' 'But you're friend's here now,' she said, waving us together. 'Smile!' 'I don't need a picture with-' the flash snapped '-another guy. That's great, Mom, thank you. Send that one to Dad and tell him we're going steady.”

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