"The president's attempted diktat takes money from bondholders and gives it a labor union that delivers money and votes for him.... Shaking down lenders for the benefit of political donors is recycled corruption and the abuse of power."

-- Cliff Asness

#Giving Quotes #Political Quotes #Abuse Quotes

“Education is not simply to learn to read and write. It's emancipation. It makes you free.”
“I don't think it had ever occurred to me that man's supremacy is not primarily due to his brain, as most of the books would have one think. It is due to the brain's capacity to make use of the information conveyed to it by a narrow band of visible light rays. His civilization, all that he had achieved or might achieve, hung upon his ability to perceive that range of vibrations from red to violet. Without that, he was lost.”
“Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2009). “Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three”, p.192, Hachette UK
“Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.”
“Our aim is to appeal to reason. â€¦ Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is.”
“If I said any more it would just be a lie; you can't use words to corral something this wild.”
“Being brave is not as easy as it looks.”
“Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly.”

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