"The demands of the economy, and more recently those of political correctness and the diktat against ever offending anyone, are not conducive to a classroom or university seminar climate in which genuinely free and critical reflection on how to live prospers."

-- David E. Cooper

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“Art stands in opposition to all the bad things that happen in life, which is where physicians stand. That's what doctors do-affirm life. And that's what artists do.”
“The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution, the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and, further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament.”

Source : "Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution" by A. V. Dicey, LibertyClassics, (pp. 3-4), 1982.
“I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they have.”
“I knew from experience of the past that this butchering of people was done for the express purpose of defeating the eight-hour movement.”
“In October 2008, when the credit crunch hit, small businesses were really crushed by the lack of capital.”

Source : "Questioning The SBA: Karen Mills Fields Questions From Our Board Of Directors". Interview with Rod Kurtz, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 2, 2011.
“What is there in man so worthy of honor and reverence as this, that he is capable of contemplating something higher than his own reason, more sublime than the whole universe- that Spirit which alone is self-subsis-tent, from which all truth proceeds, without which there is no truth?”
“Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.”
“As a kid, I was mischievous, necessarily, but I always wanted to do adventurous stuff.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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