"Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American."

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Source : George H.W. Bush (2009). “Speaking of Freedom: The Collected Speeches”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

George H. W. Bush

#Liberty Quotes #Privilege Quotes #Wealth Quotes

“Problems are an important part of maturing--meet them straight on. Work them out. It's like the chick in the egg. It has to break through the eggshell on its own. That's how it gains its first strength. If you break the shell for the chick, you end up with a puny little runt.”

Source : Mark Tobey, Wesley Wehr, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum (1988*). “Mark Tobey, a new look: Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, February 19-March 27, 1988”
“Order is heaven's first law.”
“War what is it good for? It's good for business.”

Source : Song: North Sea Bubble
“Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing...”
“But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of a people or a society, even if they are wars of survival for certain businesses or, more accurately, business models. Thus we must keep i mind the other values or objectives that might also be affected by this war. We must make sure this war doesn't cost more than it is worth. We must be sure it is winnable, or winnable at a price we're willing to pay.”
“One could say that what differentiates ancient from modern philosophy is the fact that, in ancient philosophy, it was not only Chrysippus or Epicurus who, just because they had developed a philosophical discourse, were considered philosophers. Rather, every person who lived according to the precepts of Chrysippus or Epicurus was every bit as much a philosopher as they.”

Source : "La Philosophie comme manière de vivre: Entretiens avec Jeannie Carlier et Arnold I. Davidson" by Pierre Hadot, Jeannie Carlier, Arnold I. Davidson, Paris: Albin Michel, translated by Michael Chase, (p. 272), 2001.
“A gossip is someone who's the knife of the party.”
“The life of an artist is a continuous journey, the path long and never ending.”

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