"Whether we assert our rights by sea, or attempt their maintenance by land whithersoever we turn ourselves, this phantom incessantly pursues us. Already has it had too much influence on the councils of the nation."

-- Henry Clay

#Rights Quotes #Sea Quotes #Land Quotes

“There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own follies than to boast that they rose in the world through their own industry and talents. It is the same shabby-genteel sentiment, the same vanity of birth which makes men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels rather than elevated apes.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.395
“Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It was the spirit animating the mass and flowing from it, and it expressed the individuality of the building.”
“His father's made us paint half this town and if we stick around any longer he'll make us paint the rest of it." -Jonah Griggs”
“The truth of the matter is that muggers are very interesting people.”
“It's often said that God works in mysterious ways. You have to really think about what He's trying to do. You can't be lazy and believe in God; He doesn't make it that easy. It takes spirit and faith and passion to really believe. Like most things worthwhile in life, you get back what you put into it. Only with faith, you get back a lot more.”

Source : David Baldacci (2011). “The Christmas Train”, p.228, Pan Macmillan
“I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I can find a story that has a raison d'etre behind it that I feel is important then that's the best for me.”

Source : "Denzel Washington and Norman Jewison - part two". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2000.
“There had to be a circle of Hell where you were eternally fourteen, eternally in junior high. One of the lower circles.”

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