"If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of Almighty God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave."

-- Samuel Adams

#Giving Up Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Men Quotes

“Every spoof gives more power to the original.”
“I like to describe Himalayan climbing as a kind of art of suffering. Just pushing, pushing yourself to your limits.”
“All over the world major museums have bowed to the influence of Disney and become theme parks in their own right. The past, whether Renaissance Italy or Ancient Egypt, is re-assimilated and homogenized into its most digestible form. Desperate for the new, but disappointed with anything but the familiar, we recolonize past and future. The same trend can be seen in personal relationships, in the way people are expected to package themselves, their emotions and sexuality, in attractive and instantly appealing forms.”
“Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.”

Source : William Tecumseh Sherman (1990). “Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman”, p.898, Library of America
“In the creation of a garden, the architect invites the partnership of the Kingdom of Nature. In a beautiful garden the majesty of nature is ever present, but it is nature reduced to human proportions and thus transformed into the most efficient haven against the aggressiveness of contemporary life.”
“Frankly, I have always dreaded writing - there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear.”
“One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster”

Source : Bill Clinton's News Conference With President Boris Yeltsin of Russia in Hyde Park, New York, October 24, 1995.
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”

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