"The liberty the citizen enjoys is to be measured not by governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the paucity of restraints it imposes upon him."

-- Herbert Spencer

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“I take being a role model seriously.”
“Yeah, it's nice to look up to people, but the more you try to be somebody else, the less you are of yourself.”

Source : "From XLIII: An interview with Joe Montana". Interview with Nick Friedell, ca.sports.yahoo.com. February 1, 2009.
“Ever dumb thing I ever done in my life there was a decision I made before that got me into it. It was never the dumb thing. It was always some choice I'd made before it.”
“I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the leaders are corrupt or behaving in a criminal fashion.”
“I think about it all the time. I love filmmaking. Whether I'd be in front of the camera or behind the camera, I just love that world.”
“The need is not really for more brains, the need is now for a gentler, a more tolerant people than those who won for us against the ice, the tiger and the bear. The hand that hefted the ax, out of some old blind allegiance to the past fondles the machine gun as lovingly. It is a habit man will have to break to survive, but the roots go very deep.”
“It's daring and challenging to be young and poor, but never to be old and poor. Whatever resources of good health, character, and fortitude you bring to retirement, remember, also, to bring money.”

Source : Jane Bryant Quinn (1997). “Making the Most of Your Money”, p.842, Simon and Schuster
“We're never going to have respectful and reverential relationships with the planet- and sensible policies about what we put in the air, the soil, the water - if very young children don't begin learning about these things literally in their houses, backyards, streets and schools. We need to have human beings who are oriented that way from their earliest memories.”

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