"If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public"

-- Edward Snowden

#Government Quotes

“What is hateful is not rebellion but the despotism which induces the rebellion; what is hateful are not rebels but the men, who, having the enjoyment of power, do not discharge the duties of power; they are the men who, having the power to redress wrongs, refuse to listen to the petitioners that are sent to them; they are the men who, when they are asked for a loaf, give a stone.”
“My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.”
“Impression minus expression leads to spiritual depression.”

Source : Joseph C. Aldrich (1977). “Secrets to inner beauty”
“It is important to work with purveyors who share our high standards and are discriminating about the products they supply. This has been the foundation of a long and loyal relationship with Gourmet Attitude, a supplier that has helped us offer our guests some of the highest quality imported truffles available in the U.S.”
“If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A.”
“There are certainly numberless women of fashion who consider it perfectly natural to go miles down Fifth Avenue, or Madison Avenue, yet for whom a voyage of half a dozen blocks to east or west would be an adventure, almost a dangerous impairment of good breeding.”
“People finally have permission to be human in the context of their work. That's the real Internet story.”
“Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to do next”

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