"The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion."

-- Elihu Root

#Real Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Progress Quotes

“The Democrat is the party that's gonna keep you poor!”
“The government is indeed an institution, but "the market" is nothing more than an option for each individual to chose among numerous existing institutions, or to fashion new arrangements suited to his own situation and taste.”
“Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.”
“But one day, the things that make you free start to keep you down.”
“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.”
“The entire repertoire of our life experiences can be accessed and activated from the body in movement â€¦every part and function of the body can also be understood as metaphors for the expression of our being”

Source : Daria Halprin (2003). “The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy: Working with Movement, Metaphor, and Meaning”, p.17, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
“In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security.”
“No one has the right to use America's rivers and America's Waterways, that belong to all the people. as a sewer. The banks of a river may belong to one man or one industry or one State, but the waters which flow between the banks should belong to all the people.”

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