"I think we [Americans] are going to look back and realize that the civil liberties that we've given up in the name of security, the authority that we've given Democratic and Republican presidents, all have contributed to a fraying of the fabric of our democratic republic."

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Source : Source: collider.com

Jeremy Scahill

#Thinking Quotes #Names Quotes #President Quotes

“It seemed like the best weapons in my life had always been the most innocuous: empty plastic bins, a blank CD, an unmarked syringe, my smile in a dark room.”
“Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward.”
“I am willing to let go. I release others to experience whatever is meaningful to them, and I am free to create that which is meaningful to me.”
“As Cole left school that day with Peter, they stopped beside the bulldog statue. "You two are wrecking our school!" shouted one of the jocks walking by. "You can't wreck something that's already wrecked!" Peter shouted back angrily. "Hey, Peter, we're Spirit Bears," Cole reminded his friend. "Spirit Bears are strong, gentle, and kind." Peter thought a moment. "You got mauled, so that proves they can get ticked off too.”
“Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.”

Source : "In Quest of the Universe". Book by Karl F. Kuhn, 2007.
“It is the psychic depression of decadence which has come to this place and time. It is what happens to people who ignore their artists and deny their children. It is a terminal case of involutional melancholia which comes from within and cannot be cured by T.V. or psychotherapy or anything but a creative life, which is hard to come by in a country where it doesn't pay to do anything for yourself.”
“When I play from my mind I get in trouble.”
“There are no laws, no boundaries on feelings.We can love each other as much and as deeply as we want.No one, Maya, no one can ever take that away from us.”

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