"I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate."

-- Caleb Cushing

#House Quotes #Principles Quotes #Constitution Quotes

“Sunset is the opening music of the night.”
“In the future, we will play games while floating naked in a tank of warm, sensory-depriving gelatin. Games will be distributed chemically, into the gelatin, and absorbed into the player's skin. The gelatin will be Lingonberry-flavored, and the games will encourage good citizenship.”
“Every team is flawed. There hasn't been a truly complete team in a while.”
“I never have to worry about another person's response, only how I react to what they say.”
“The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it.”
“Murder begins where self-defense ends.”

Source : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.
“A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.”
“Let the radiance of my enthusiasms envelop the poor courtyard and the bare classroom. Let my heart be a stronger column and my goodwill purer gold than the columns and gold of rich schools.”

Source : Gabriela Mistral, Doris Dana (1971). “Selected poems of Gabriela Mistral”, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

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