"I elect to stay on the soil of which I was born and on the plot of ground which I have fairly bought and honestly paid for. Don't advise me to leave, and don't add insult to injury by telling me it's for my own good; of that I am to be the judge."

-- Robert Purvis

#Judging Quotes #Soil Quotes #Plot Quotes

“Furthermore, the Latin American nuclear-weapon free zone which is now nearing completion has become in several respects an example which, notwithstanding the different characteristics of each region, is rich in inspiration.”
“My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral”
“The CD, it should be noted, was born out of greed. It was devised to prop up record sales on the expectation of people replenishing their record collections with CDs of albums they had already purchased.”
“I think that Jews - because they are a distinct, gifted and successful group that differentiates itself from societies in which it lives - are vulnerable wherever the rule of law is not paramount.”
“In order for a thing to be horrible it has to suffer a change you can recognize.”
“To move Nigeria forward, we must define our interest in the Nigeria project”
“I have this mistress: show business.”
“Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise.”

Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.137

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