"Throughout the history of the United States , war has been the primary impetus behind the growth and development of the central state. It has been the lever by which presidents and other national officials have bolstered the power of the state in the face of tenacious popular resistance."

-- Bruce D. Porter

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“There aren't any songs that I would call impossible to play live, but some are difficult. A lot of Queensryche songs are difficult to play live. It's quite a difficult question to answer because everybody (In the band) has their own opinion of what's difficult to play.”
“When I glanced at the chair, it started to shake. Iâ€™d like to think it was scared of me, but I rarely invoked that response in living things, let alone inanimate objects.”
“The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.”
“What many of those who oppose the use of juries in civil trials seem to ignore is that the founders of our Nation considered the right of trial by jury in civil cases an important bulwark against tyranny and corruption, a safeguard too precious to be left to the whim of the sovereign, or, it might be added, to that of the judiciary.”
“No thought which ever stirred A human breast should be untold.”
“Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.”
“Calling a trans person by their former name is referred to as "deadnaming" and is considered highly offensive to most trans people I know.”
“The green is so narrow that if you over-club, you've got an impossible bunker shot. If you're short, you're pretty much dead.”

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