"Since bad men find the rule of kings no less burdensome than that of tyrants, the recognition of the right of private citizens to kill tyrants involves rather more chance of losing a king than of being relieved of a tyrant."

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Source : William Archibald Dunning (1972). “A History of Political Theories”

William Archibald Dunning

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“Everyone in my grade is turning 13, so there are bunches of bar and bat mitzvahs. They're very dressy. It's fun picking out outfits. One girl, for her bat mitzvah, wore a huge red ball gown!”
“Though prayer doesn't change God's mind or God's purposes, prayer does change something- It changes us.”
“I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well.”
“One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.”

Source : "Q&A: Christopher Nolan On Dreams, Architecture, And Ambiguity". Interview with Obert Capps, www.wired.com. November 29, 2010.
“Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and say, "God, you don't know what it's like! You don't understand! You have no idea what I'm going through. You don't have a clue how much this hurts." The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments. The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too.”
“I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.”
“Animals are thinking, feeling creatures. They're sensitive”
“Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.”

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