"The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art or sat slothfully by while they destroyed. We have passed this stage.... Here in the U.S. we turn our rivers and streams into sewers and dumping grounds, we pollute the air, we destroy our forests and exterminate fishes, birds and mammals - not to speak of vulgarizing charming landscapes with hideous advertisements. But at best it looks as if our people were awakening."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

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“I don't advocate civil disobedience. I do advocate the role of an informed citizen to try to overturn when a court makes a mistake and gets an issue wrong.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“Government power is always abused by seizing and perverting the law. And with few exceptions, government always determines what is law.”

Source : John Galt (1986). “Dreams Come Due: Government and Economics As If Freedom Mattered”
“I made up my mind that I was going to be just like Elvis. It never occurred to me that Elvis was a man. I just wanted to be him. He had a huge impact on me, right down to that black leather jumpsuit he wore on the 68 Comeback Special.”
“I'll not hurt thee, says Uncle Toby, rising with the fly in his hand. Go, he says, opening the window to let it escape. Why should I hurt thee? This world is surely wide enough to hold both thee and me.”
“Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.”

Source : Frank Deford (1976). “The Owner”, Viking Adult
“If more women would watch women's sports on TV it would urge [TV] executives to put more on.”
“The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.”
“The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard.”

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