"Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny."

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Source : Henry Sumner Maine, Sir, J. H. Morgan (2000). “Ancient Law”, p.7, Beard Books

Henry James Sumner Maine

#Trust No One Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Oligarchy Quotes

“It's okay to laugh at me, I only look scary.”
“The needlework of lies and rumors seeks to distract peoples attention from the daily business of governance under the Presidents leadership. Those who continually plot for the Presidents downfall will never succeed because she is a hard-working President with no other agenda than to promote our peoples welfare”
“I'm finishing my Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance history.”
“Life is so spine chillingly beautiful.”
“If you don't know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he's just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes and fears. It's one world, pal. We're all neighbors.”

Source : Interview with Joe Hyams, Playboy magazine, February 1963.
“There's a sameness and comfort level you get living in a country like America.”
“Home is an invention on which no one has yet improved.”
“Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it.”

Source : "Showcase". Book by Roy Newquist, 1966.

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