"And say, finally, whether peace is best preserved by giving energy to the government or information to the people. This last is the most legitimate engine of government. Educate and inform the whole mass of people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them. And it requires no very high degree of education to convince them of this. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."

-- Thomas Jefferson

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“The world waits for you with all its beauty, but also its frights and its pain.”

Source : Meredith Hall (2007). “Without a Map: A Memoir”, p.184, Beacon Press
“Make no mistake: Satanâ€™s specialty is psychological warfare. If he can turn us on God (â€œItâ€™s not fair!â€), or turn us on others (â€œItâ€™s their fault!â€), or turn us on ourselves (â€œIâ€™m so stupid!â€), we wonâ€™t turn on him. If we keep fighting within ourselves and losing our own inner battles, weâ€™ll never have the strength to stand up and fight our true enemy.”
“It ever is the marked propensity of restless and aspiring minds to look into the stretch of dark futurity.”
“Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.”
“it is discouraging to leave the past behind only to see it coming toward you like the thunderstorm which drenched you yesterday.”

Source : "The Tunnel". Book by William H. Gass, www.drmardy.com. 1995.
“Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honored guests: This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank each one of you who had a part in selecting me for one of their awards, for your kindness. It has made me feel very, very humble; and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything that I may be able to do in the future. I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry. My heart is too full to tell you just how I feel, and may I say thank you and God bless you.”

Source : Hattie McDaniel's Academy Awards acceptance speech for "Actress in a Supporting Role" Award for the film "Gone with the Wind", aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. February 29, 1940.
“In the New World, happiness is enforced.”

Source : Peter Porter (1989). “A Porter Selected: Poems, 1959-1989”, Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
“I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.”

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