"That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution."

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Source : Commentaries on the Laws of England bk. 3, ch. 17 (1768) See Proverbs 160

William Blackstone

#Kings Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes

“As rich as you think some of us are, for every $18.99 CD you buy, the artist usually sees a toonie or so. Pay your producer out of that. Then your manager. Then split it five ways among your band mates. Now don't act surprised when you see the drummer of a platinum-selling Canadian rock band behind the drive- thru window at Tim Hortons”
“Each of you knows that the foundation of our faith is charity. Without it, our religion would crumble. We will never be truly Catholic unless we conform our entire lives to the two commandments that are the essence of the Catholic faith: to love the Lord, our God, with all our strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.”
“Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There are people who love on weekends to go out when the sun comes out. I just want to lie in bed and watch sports and relax.”
“I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I can't say it came from hard-nosed business analysis... It was just something I really want to see built.”
“What's most troubling about this witless mishmash of whiny, infantile philosophizing and bone-crunching violence is the increasing realization that it actually thinks it's saying something of significance.”
“I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his fame limited his freedom. You get kinder as you go along.”
“It should not be denied... that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led West.”

Source : Wallace Earle Stegner (1987). “The American West as Living Space”, p.22, University of Michigan Press

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