"No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them."

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Source : William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.48

William Gilmore Simms

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“You know it's a good show when you involve fire and dolls and unitards.”
“We already have an annual wealth tax on homes, the major asset of the middle class. It's called the property tax. Why not a small annual tax on the value of stocks and bonds, the major assets of the wealthy?”

Source : "The Rise of the Non-Working Rich" by Robert Reich, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 15, 2014.
“He needed a woman. Bad.”

Source : Linda Howard (2007). “Complete Mackenzie Collection”, p.7, Silhouette
“Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility.”

Source : "At Axis of Episcopal Split, an Anti-Gay Nigerian". www.nytimes.com. December 25, 2006.
“There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.”

Source : "As David Cameron poses with blacked up dancers - the worst political PR blunders" by Simon Keegan, www.mirror.co.uk. October 14, 2014.
“Artists make art... everyone else talks about it.”
“There are so many songs I've recorded, only to hear other people singing them. It happens all the time.”
“You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.”

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