"King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner."

-- Benjamin Disraeli

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“It is better, so the Fourth Amendment teaches us, that the guilty sometimes go free than the citizens be subject to easy arrest.”
“Now I find that in pure obedience the mind learns contentment, in appearing weak and foolish to the wisdom which is of this World; and in these lowly labors, they who stand in a low place, rightly exercised under the Cross, will find nourishment.”
“Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.”
“Soon the cold would force them inside, so they clutched at lost summer.”

Source : Annette Curtis Klause (2007). “Blood and Chocolate”, p.273, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“Sun and wind and beat of sea, Great lands stretching endlessly... Where be bonds to bind the free? All the world was made for me!”

Source : Adelaide Crapsey, “Adventure”
“Most actors love to get to the point where they're not auditioning.”
“The problem with much of the debate over this issue is that we confuse two separate matters: immigration policy (how many people we admit) and immigrant policy (how we treat people who are already here). What our nation needs is a pro-immigrant policy of low immigration. A pro-immigrant policy of low immigration can reconcile America's traditional welcome for newcomers with the troubling consequences of today's mass immigration. It would enable us to be faithful and wise stewards of America's interests while also showing immigrants the respect they deserve as future Americans.”
“People can say the money doesn't really matter but it does show you how much a club respects you.”

Source : Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2004.

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