"My agency in promoting the passage of the National Bank Act was the greatest financial mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly, which affects every interest in the country. It should be repealed, but before that can be accomplished, the people will be arrayed on one side and the banks on the other, in a contest such as we have never before seen in this country."

-- Salmon P. Chase

#Country Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Agency Quotes

“It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears.”
“Love does not reflect. Love is simple. Love never mistakes. Likewise believe and trust without reflection, for faith and trust are also simple; or better: God, in whom we believe and in whom we trust, is an incomplex Being, as He is also simply love.”
“In competitive archery, risk assessment has minimal bearing on quality of performance, since the archer has so little choice over shot selection. By contrast, in a hunt, shots vary in quality according to how well selected they may be.”
“When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music.”
“I've elected to age gracefully.”
“Even the most worthless thing in the world can be beautiful, it just takes the right touch”

Source : Robert R. McCammon (2011). “Swan Song”, p.281, Open Road Media
“I enjoy doing very high mileages, partly out of masochism and also because I like to feel the shape of the landscape.”
“Every show is unique; some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's just the way they do things. It's like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it's due.”

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