"The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party."

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Source : John C. Calhoun “The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 2”, Jazzybee Verlag

John C. Calhoun

#Trust Quotes #Country Quotes #Party Quotes

“It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. These rights cannot well be separated.”
“Without passion, you don't have any energy, and without energy, you simply have nothing”
“I feel very grateful that for some reason I was raised to believe that I had permission to explore the creative world. I'm very aware of what a privilege that is, because most people don't grant themselves that permission, and I really think that's the only thing that separates people that call themselves artists from the rest of the world. It's suspending self-judgment for long enough to do something expressive.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I take the world to be but as a stage,Where net-maskt men do play their personage.”

Source : Josuah Sylvester, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (seigneur), Gui Du Faur de Pibrac, Odet de La Noue (seigneur de Téligny), Henry Smith (1967). “The Complete Works of Joshuah Sylvester: For the First Time Collected and Edited”
“My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension.”
“Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.”
“The world knows nothing of its greatest men.”
“Live your life in your own unique way and be true to yourself”

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