"Let us take care of our rights and we therein take care of our prosperity. Slavery is ever preceded by sleep"

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Source : John Dickinson (2009). “The Writings of John Dickinson”, p.402, Applewood Books

John Dickinson

#Sleep Quotes #Rights Quotes #Slavery Quotes

“Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.”
“No virtue fades out of mankind. Not over-hopeful by inborn temperament, cautious by long experience, I yet never despair of human virtue.”
“With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the child's problems will never be important enough for a television movie.”
“Carol Guess's poems are sexy, intuitive, angry, and hopeful. These lyrical narratives measure the impossibly small distance between love and fear. They are a reminder that we're all vulnerable little vessels filled by the people who can break us.”
“The big problem for a democratic government - democrat with a small "d" - is how to hold down government spending.”
“The rattling thunderbolt hath but his clap, the lightning but his flash, and as they both come in a moment, so do they both end in a minute.”
“As for me, I've chosen to follow a simple course: Come clean. And wherever possible, live your life in a way that won't leave you tempted to lie. Failing that, I'd rather be disliked for who I truly am than loved for who I am not. So, I tell my story. I write it down. I even publish it. Sometimes this is a humbling experience. Sometimes it's embarrassing. But I haul around no terrible secrets.”
“Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.”

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