"This government is acknowledged by all, to be one of enumerated powers."

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Source : John Marshall (1839). “The Writings of John Marshall: Late Chief Justice of the United States, Upon the Federal Constitution”, p.164

John Marshall

#Government Quotes

“Taking on a pet is a contract with sorrow.”

Source : Carol Anshaw (2012). “Lucky in the Corner: A Novel”, p.230, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I finally realized that until you understand why you do things, you have no control over what you do.”
“O help/ Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, help. Thou art/ Mine only hope. -Leia Organa”
“Mysticism, according to its historical and psychological definitions, is the direct intuition or experience of God; and a mystic is a person who has, to a greater or less degree, such a direct experience -- one whose religion and life are centered, not merely on an accepted belief or practice, but on that which the person regards as first hand personal knowledge.”
“People are really in despair today in Greece. They are afraid of tomorrow. They suffer. We have 1.2 million people without jobs. So you understand that this crisis cannot leave the political system untouched. Of course we have to change but we have to change in the right way.”

Source : Source: www.sbs.com.au
“I think I did enough to make it. I think I made it as hard as possible for them to cut me by showing them what I can do. I think it's going to come down to numbers. I'm just going to wait, pray and hope it's God's will that I'm going to be on the Eagles. My first goal was to make this squad but if not, hopefully another team saw what I did and will want me.”
“If it is true that an influx of doubt and uncertainty actually marks periods of healthy growth in a science, then evolutionary biology is flourishing today as it seldom has flourished in the past. For biologists collectively are less agreed upon the details of evolutionary mechanics than they were a scant decade ago. Superficially, it seems as if we know less about evolution than we did in 1959, the centennial year of Darwin's on the Origin of Species.”

Source : Niles Eldredge (2014). “Time Frames: The Evolution of Punctuated Equilibria”, p.14, Princeton University Press
“It's true that adventures are good for people even when they are very young. Adventures can get in a person's blood even if he doesn't remember having them.”

Source : Eva Ibbotson (2008). “The Secret of Platform 13”, p.8, Pan Macmillan

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