"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses."

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Source : Veto Message on Bank Bill, 10 July 1832

Andrew Jackson

#Patriotic Quotes #Government Quotes #Evil Quotes

“The Wretched of the Earth is an explosion.”
“Men with fine gifts think it worth while to live to paint a few great pictures which shall be looked at and admired for generations; or to write a few songs which shall sing themselves into the ears and hearts of men. But the woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies.”
“If a guy were dating my daughter but didn't want to spend the gas money to come pick her up or refused to buy her dinner because it cost too much, I would question whether he were really in love with her In the same way, I question whether many American churchgoers are really in love with God because they are so hesitant to do anything for Him." Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”
“Just by nature, I think in comedy. I think in sketches and what have you. In every drama or action movie I've been in, I have to make a concerted effort not to turn it into a comedy. Every shot, before action is called and after cut is called, I'm usually in some goofy head space. It feels natural to me.”

Source : "Black Dynamite's Michael Jai White and Scott Sanders: The Movieline Interview". Interview with S.T. Vanairsdale, movieline.com. October 14, 2009.
“But I marvel when I observe these men setting themselves up as instructors of youth who cannot see that they are applying the analogy of an art with hard and fast rules to a creative process”

Source : Isocrates (1962). “Isocrates”, Loeb Classical Library
“If I have lived by any maxim as a reporter, it was that every person is an expert on the circumstances of his life.”
“The only thing about myself I know for sure is that I don't know anything.”
“I've had great success being a total idiot.”

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