"The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government."

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Source : Albert Bushnell Hart, Ph.D. (1909). “Epochs of American History”

Albert Bushnell Hart

#Government Quotes #People Quotes #Three Quotes

“"Bush, you must admit that you have been defeated in Iraq and that you are being defeated in Afghanistan and that you will soon be defeated in Palestine, with the help and strength of God."”
“That is how I came to think that heavy and hard was the beginning of living, real living; and though I might not end up with a mark on my cheek, I had no doubt that I would end up with a mark somewhere.”
“Stupid people are ruining America.”

Source : FaceBook post by Herman Cain from Dec 20, 2013
“There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief...”
“Acceptance is supposed to be a good thing - Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Also compromise, as every couples therapist will tell you. But the cost was high - the damping of expectation, the dwindling of spirit, the resignation that comes to replace enthusiasm, the cynicism that supplants hope. The mouldering that goes unnoticed and unchecked.”

Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.143, Penguin
“If you could relive one year in your life, which one would it be? [...] The upcoming one.”

Source : Amor Towles (2011). “Rules of Civility: A Novel”, p.50, Penguin
“Like the priestly cult of the Middle Ages, the modern priestly cult of "scientific" psychotherapists exist overwhelmingly to stultify or blunt a too-acute insight into the powers benumbed in our personalities by our prevailing culture.”
“Magic likes a good tragedy, too.”

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