"A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity."

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Source : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, George Grenville (1769). “The Speech of a Right Honourable Gentleman, on the Motion for Expelling Mr. Wilkes, Friday, February 3, 1769”, p.41

George Grenville

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“Scientists tracking mirror neurons noticed that a monkey will get excited not just when holding a banana, but also when seeing someone else holding a banana.”
“Hate always sells well, but for repeat trade and the long pull happiness is sounder merchandise.”
“In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate-look to his character.”

Source : Noah Webster (1843). “A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects”, p.303
“Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.”

Source : Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.1118, Vintage
“The whole idea is just to continue to make movies that I enjoy playing and that audiences are going to enjoy me in, just to put out quality on a lot of different levels.”
“More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk about books and issues and kiss in the rain.”
“The Violence Against Women Act protects the lives of tens of thousands of domestic violence victims. But the U.S. must also support gender equality around the world, and that means acknowledging that some nations we consider to be our friends are no friends to women.”
“Life's just a cocktail party - on the street.”

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