"It is a mistake to think of these men as visionary dreamers, playing around at Philadelphia with abstract conceptions of political theory, pulling a whole scheme of government out of the air like a rabbit out of a hat. True, many of them had read and studied enough about the science of politics to put the average statesman of today to shame. But political science was to them an extremely practical topic of discussion, dealing with the extremely practical business of running a government--not, as today, a branch of higher learning reserved for the use of graduate students."

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Source : Fred Rodell (1986). “55 Men, Story of Constitution”, p.22, Stackpole Books

Fred Rodell

#Running Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Men Quotes

“The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.”
“And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way that's going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations.”

Source : "Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out". "The Religion Report" with Stephen Crittenden, www.abc.net.au. September 25, 2002.
“Your choices make you whoever you turn out to be.”

Source : Source: www.yahoo.com
“Never attempt to accelerate your progress”
“When a person gives, he loves the object of his giving more -- and so love is planted and grows.”

Source : David J. Lieberman (2009). “Executive Power: Use the Greatest Collection of Psychological Strategies to Create an Automatic Advantage in Any Business Situation”, p.6, John Wiley & Sons
“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
“I used to like girls with nice hands and legs, but now, as long as she loves me and doesn't leave me, that would be fine.”
“Ultimately our claim to know the one God only gains credence in the contemporary world as he demonstrates the divine presence through the way we live- through our lives as we connect our Christian belief with true Christian living.”

Source : Stanley J. Grenz, Jay T. Smith (2015). “Created for Community: Connecting Christian Belief with Christian Living”, p.33, Baker Academic

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