"The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control."

-- Benjamin Tucker

#Government Quotes #Essence Quotes

“The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.”
“I know my whole life has been like that, you know, scrappy, fighting for everything you get in life and you appreciate it more.”
“Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.”
“Genuine love for Jesus manifests itself in obedience to His commandments.”
“I am sent to you to confute, not to embrace your heresy. The Catholic religion is the faith of all ages, I fear not death. . . Pardon my enemies, O Lord: blinded by passion they know not what they do. Lord Jesus, have mercy on me. Mary, Mother of God, succor me!”
“Near the end of his life, my father proved to be, at his core, a very polite, chivalrous man. He walked the halls of the facility where he lived, introducing himself and shaking people's hands as he had done at Rotary meetings. He complimented the nurses, â€˜You have a lovely figure.â€™ He could also eat an entire 2 lb. box of See's Candies in an afternoon, which requires considerable effort with stage five Parkinson's disease.”
“Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the bruised shins of the playground, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and squares and monuments and shops that constitute one's first universe.”
“Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you.”

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