"Tyranny is always weakness"

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Source : James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.32

James Russell Lowell

#Weakness Quotes #Tyranny Quotes

“If you haven't made a mistake I cast a jaundiced eye, because you're probably not doing anything.”
“I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.”
“Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“In the name of the Pizza Lord. Charge!”
“Having my daughter in the backseat with her best friend, singing "Let It Go," the Frozen song, at the top of her lungs, and just watching her sing when she thinks no one is watching. That, to me, is pure love.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“While privacy strengthens all our bonds, secrecy weakens and damages connection. Lerner points out that we do not usually "know the emotional costs of keeping a secret" until the truth is disclosed. Usually, secrecy involves lying. And lying is always the setting for potential betrayal and violation of trust.”
“I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.”
“Maybe freedom means defining yourself any way you want to be.”

Source : Amy Hill Hearth (2012). “Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society: A Novel”, p.151, Simon and Schuster

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