"Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the eye at a first glance, while the other becomes perceptible only to close investigation."

-- Frederic Bastiat

#Eye Quotes #Evil Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.”

Source : "Inside the Monster : Writings on the United States and American Imperialism" by José Martí, translated by Elinor Randall, (p. 27), 1975.
“The strangeness of Time. Not in its passing, which can seem infinite, like a tunnel whose end you can't see, whose beginning you've forgotten, but in the sudden realization that something finite, has passed, and is irretrievable.”

Source : Joyce Carol Oates (1993). “Foxfire: confessions of a girl gang”, E P Dutton
“I think filmmakers all secretly wanna be musicians and all musicians secretly wanna be filmmakers.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I didn't really care about sales figures. I just wanted to get things off my chest.”
“My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.”
“Managing your money does not depend upon becoming wealthy or declaring vows of poverty. Rather, it is about creating stability and sufficiency - a balanced flow of monetary energy through your life.”
“I didn't realise how important stupid people are in your life, because you ask yourself, what made stupid people so stupid? What made them the way they are?”
“Lenin in a top hat and frock coat would be a far greater anomaly than the Grand Lama of Thibet or a Zulu chief in that costume.”

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