"If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds."

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Source : Garet Garrett (1965). “The People's Pottage”

Garet Garrett

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“I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.”
“Well, there arenâ€™t any graves in mundane wedding ceremonies,â€ said Tessa. â€œThough your ability to quote the Bible is impressive. Better than my aunt Harrietâ€™s.â€ â€œDid you hear that, James? She just compared us to her aunt Harriet.”
“What a luxury a cat is, the moments of shocking and startling pleasure in a day, the feel of the beast, the soft sleekness under your palm, the warmth when you wake on a cold night, the grace and charm even in a quite ordinary workaday puss. Cat walks across your room, and in that lonely stalk you see leopard or even panther, or it turns its head to acknowledge you and the yellow blaze of those eyes tells you what an exotic visitor you have here, in this household friend, the cat who purrs as you stroke, or rub his chin, or scratch his head.”
“As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.”
“After a time," said old Mathers disregarding me, "I mercifully perceived the errors of my ways and the unhappy destination I would reach unless I mended them. I retired from the world in order to try to comprehend it and to find out why it becomes more unsavoury as the years accumulate on a man's body. What do you think I discovered at the end of my meditations?" I felt pleased again. He was now questioning me. "What?" "That No is a better word than Yes," he replied.”
“When confronted by conflict and confusion, another practice is to take a deep breath, pause and ask: 'Where is the gift in this?”
“I never thought my cotton gin would change history.”
“To increase speed you must increase the amount of rest, peace, calmness that you can maintain. That is the secret to playing fast.”

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