"The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity."

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Source : Martin Van Buren (1969). “Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”

Martin Van Buren

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“I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.”
“Thus hand in hand through life we 'll go; Its checker'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we 'll tread.”

Source : Nathaniel Cotton (1791). “Various Pieces in Verse and Prose”, p.69
“To buy TV time and bypass the usual filters between the public and political figures, are very powerful devices that people can use to attract attention, attract voters. And get influence in our society.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“We in the "developed" world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude. When I return to Western culture after time in desert, mountain or forest, I discover how we have filled our world with a multiplicity of noises, a symphony of forgetfulness that keeps our won thoughts and realizations, feelings and intuitions out of audible range.”

Source : Joan Halifax (2007). “The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom”, p.38, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable skill would only know three, or at most five, kata.”
“The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.”
“I must have ended up on the wrong planet. Everything here is so strange.”
“Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.”

Source : Mercy Otis Warren (1805). “History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes”, p.22

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