"[John] Adams was arguing that a separate social order existed that needed to be embodied in senates and his fellow Americans could not accept this and accused him rightly of being obsessed with the English constitution."

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Source : Source: www.theimaginativeconservative.org

Gordon S. Wood

#Order Quotes #Arguing Quotes #Constitution Quotes

“I Preserve the nonviable embryo in formaldehyde for future study. Lord Maccon has been drinking my samples. When confronted, he admitted to be enjoying both the refreshing beverage and the 'crunchy pickled snack' as well. I was not pleased" (Professor Lyall to Madame Lefoux)”
“It's hard to want to let somebody into your house.”
“Being a painter myself... whenever I could dispense with architectural precision, I indulged in the picturesque, in which case I sacrificed a few details when necessary in favor of an imposing effect that would give a monument its real character and also preserve the poetic charm that surrounds it.”
“Any belief system that is based on fear, encourages weakness, sanctions intolerance threatens vengeance, promotes passivity and requires you to relinquish your personal power is doing you a disservice.”
“When we look for propaganda, we have the obvious job of asking what messages are being propagated.”

Source : Randal Marlin (2002). “Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion”, p.302, Broadview Press
“I don't like zombie movies, they're just plain silly.”
“What I would say is I've only had one injury in my NBA career that was probably was because my core wasn't strong enough, when I had a stress fracture in my back.”

Source : "Andrew Bogut Calls Those Who Can’t Understand His Poor Injury Luck ‘Pretty Uneducated’". sports.yahoo.com. March 27, 2012.
“To be content with the world as it is is to be dead.”

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