"How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to preserve their dearest rights and best privileges, impelled as it were by an irresistible fate of despotism."

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Source : James Monroe (2006). “The Papers of James Monroe: Selected correspondence and papers, 1776-1794”, Greenwood Publishing Group

James Monroe

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“Iâ€™m pleased by anything in myself that strikes me as not myself.”
“Physicians think they do a lot for a patient when they give his disease a name.”
“What shames us, what we most fear to tell, does not set us apart from others; it binds us together if only we can take the risk to speak it.”
“Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.”
“Flowers are not symbols of power. Flowers are too brief, too frail, to elicit much hope of eternity. In truth, flowers are far removed from the human condition and from all human hope. For a moment, in that moment, flowers are simply beautiful.”

Source : Sharman Apt Russell (2002). “Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers”, p.2, Basic Books
“I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.”

Source : "Paulson’s Actions Raise Serious Ethical Questions" by Mike Quigley, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2011.
“And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.”
“Disney Infinity gives you the ability to be creative in a way that nobody's ever seen before.”

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