"It is asserted by most respectable writers upon our government, that a well-regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the country, have ever been considered the bulwark of a free people. Tyrants have never placed any confidence on a militia composed of freemen."

-- John L. DeWitt

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“One of the basics of a good system of innovation is diversity. In some ways, the stronger the culture (national, institutional, generational, or other), the less likely it is to harbor innovative thinking. Common and deep-seated beliefs, widespread norms, and behavior and performance standards are enemies of new ideas. Any society that prides itself on being harmonious and homogeneous is very unlikely to catalyze idiosyncratic thinking. Suppression of innovation need not be overt. It can be simply a matter of peoples walking around in tacit agreement and full comfort with the status quo.”
“It is possible to be clean in a dirty world.”
“Thank God for wisecracks.”
“I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.”
“A past may chase you if you try to escape from it... but once you confront it, it's just an old memory inside you. There's nothing to be afraid of.”
“Sometimes I feel like a one man crusade against the devaluation of music in America and culture in the arts.”
“...whoever is guided solely by his own judgment and decision will never climb up to the summit of perfection and will not fail to be the victim of the devil's ruinous power to delude.”

Source : John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.79, Paulist Press
“You can't get a guitar player like Dweezil without his commitment to the work that it takes A) to be the musician that he is and B) to the music itself.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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