"The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside ... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them ... the weak will become prey to the strong."

-- Thomas Paine

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“The commonality in the human experience is the same. We have the same sorrows, and the same triumphs. Joy is joy is joy.”
“Grace is not the freedom to sin; it is the power to live a holy life.”
“When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.”
“Frank [Zappa] said he probably would have been a major criminal, given his brain power and his attention to detail, had he not been a composer. But being a composer is not something you can't help.”

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“If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives,' 'Shakespeare,' or 'The Federalist Papers,' tell him gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat - but your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart.”
“We believe in the art of war. We are trying to get our competition to attack us with angry, virulent energy, so we can transform that into larger market share.”
“The most insane things can become normal if you have them around you long enough. A mind canâ€™t seem to hold anything too crazy for too long without finding a way to make it seem normal.”
“Is it too ingenuous to imagine that anything can be left to say about a garden? Garden literature, descriptive, reminiscent, and technical, has blossomed so profusely among us during the last decade, that he should be an expert indeed who ventures to add thereto.”

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