"If our free society is to endure, and I know it will, those who govern must recognize that the Framers of the Constitution limited their power in order to preserve human dignity and the air of freedom which is our proudest heritage."

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Source : "Reason and Passion: Justice Brennan's Enduring Influence". Book by Brennan Center for Justice, 1997.

William J. Brennan

#Order Quotes #Air Quotes #Heritage Quotes

“It is not my ability, but my response to Godâ€™s ability, that counts.”
“The whole framework of the presidency is getting out of hand. It's come to the point where you almost can't run unless you can cause people to salivate and whip on each other with big sticks. You almost have to be a rock star to get the kind of fever you need to survive in American politics.”
“The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah.”
“In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, "... most of our energy goes into upholding our importance... if we were capable of losing some of that importance, two extraordinary things would happen to us. One, we would free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our grandeur; and two we would provide ourselves with enough energy to ... catch a glimpse of the actual grandeur of the universe."”
“California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands.”
“I'm going to trust God that I'm not going to completely burn out, and that I'll have the energy in me to stay in it. Fortunately, I have really excellent people around me that are helping me.”
“If your goals is to produce something of permanent value, you start to think differently about you want on the site.”
“If you're eating poorly, neglecting your health, or living a high-stress lifestyle, you're depleting your inner resources. That will make it difficult to maintain the energy you need to participate fully and actively in your life.”

Source : Lauren Mackler (2009). “Solemate”, p.298, Hay House, Inc

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