"Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all."

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Source : James Mill (1829). “Essays on Government, Jurisprudence, Liberty of the Press, and Law of Nations. Written for the Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica”

James Mill

#Government Quotes #Details Quotes #Should Quotes

“Our sense of identity is in large measure conferred on us by others in the ways they treat or mistreat us, recognize or ignore us, praise us or punish us. Some people make us timid and shy; others elicit our sex appeal and dominance. In some groups we are made leaders, while in others we are reduced to being followers. We come to live up to or down to the expectations others have of us.”
“The male clerk with his quill pen and copper-plate handwriting had gone for good. The female short-hand typist took his place. It was a decisive moment in women's emancipation.”
“When you have no idea how to surrender and you're tied up in knots, JUST BREATHE!”
“Under a cold turkey strategy, at each policy meeting the Federal Open Market Committee would make its best guess about where it ultimately wants the funds rate to be and would move to that rate in a single step.”
“As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.”
“For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems.”
“People really have to start being a smarter consumer, read labels, and understand what hidden sugars are.”

Source : Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. May 25, 2008.
“My granny Torrelli says when you are angry with someone, so angry you are thinking hateful things, so angry maybe you want to punch them, then you should think of the good things about them, and the nice things they've said, and why you liked them in the first place.”

Source : Sharon Creech (2009). “Granny Torrelli Makes Soup”, p.5, Harper Collins

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