"But for us there are moments, O, how solemn, when destiny trembles in the balance and the preponderance of either scale is by our own choice."

-- Mark Hopkins

#Destiny Quotes #Choices Quotes #Balance Quotes

“By...our readiness to allow arms to be purchased at will and fired at whim; by allowing our movie and television screens to teach our children that the hero is one who masters the art of shooting and the technique of killing...we have created an atmosphere in which violence and hatred have become popular pastimes.”
“Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.”
“On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.”
“It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.”
“Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.”

Source : Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1968). “Unity, Freedom & Peace: A Blueprint for Tomorrow”
“The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people donâ€™t like that statement, but few can argue with it.”
“Society established gold and silver as a circulating medium and as a legal tender in order that exchanges of commodities might be facilitated; but society blundered in so doing; for, by this very act, it gave to a certain class of men the power of saying what exchanges shall, and what exchanges shall not, be facilitated by means of this very circulating medium. The monopolizers of othe precious metals have an undue power over the community: they can say whether money shall, or shall not, be permitted to exercise its legitimate functions.”

Source : William Batchelder Greene (1875). “Socialistic, Communistic, Mutualistic, and Financial Fragments”, p.39
“I'm not afraid to admit my weaknesses.”

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