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Thaddeus Stevens
"No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws."
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Source : Thaddeus Stevens (1998). “The Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens, Volume 2: April 1865-August 1868”, p.214, University of Pittsburgh Pre
Thaddeus Stevens
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“I wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy.”
Source : Megan Whalen Turner (2010). “A Conspiracy of Kings”, Greenwillow
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“I know myself too well to believe in pure virtue.”
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“I'm sharp. What the street taught me how to do is how to hustle. How to make something out of nothing.”
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“More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.”
Source : 'The Analysis of the Hunting Field' (1846) ch. 1
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“The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.”
Source : Watchman Nee (2005). “A Table in the Wilderness”, p.23, CLC Publications
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“We was half stupid, a third lucky, and three-quarters ferocious.”
Source : Charlie Higson (2012). “The Sacrifice (The Enemy Book 4)”, p.30, Penguin UK
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“Orion sniffed. "Good. Then, worthy centaur, perhaps you could give me a ride to the village on your way back. Then I can make a few pennies wth my verses while you build us a shack and perform circus tricks for passersby." This was such a surprising statement that Foaly briefly considered jumping into the hole to get away.”
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“[When] I am taking a photograph, I am conscious that I am constructing images rather than taking snapshots. Since I do not take rapid photographs it is in this respect like a painting which takes a long time where you are very aware of what you are doing in the process. Exposure is only the final act of making the image as a photograph.”
