"Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the Archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul."

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Source : "James Otis: Against Writs of Assistance". James Otis' speech (February 1761), as quoted in William Tudor "James Otis's Speech on the Writs of Assistance", books.google.com. 1906.

James Otis

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“The later rain,--it falls in anxious haste Upon the sun-dried fields and branches bare, Loosening with searching drops the rigid waste, As if it would each root's lost strength repair.”

Source : Jones Very (1993). “Jones Very: The Complete Poems”, p.72, University of Georgia Press
“I smell pancakes," Al said as he jauntily smacked Pierce's hat back on the witch's head. "Did the runt make you breakfast?" Al said, leaning over the stove. "Quickest way to a woman's crotch is through her gullet, eh?" he said, leering at Pierce, who was now rinsing out the percolator. "Is it working? I'd be curious to know. I'd buy her a cake or something.”
“As I look back on it, I'm glad that I had this false image. I was who everyone else - my parents, my friends, society - wanted me to be. I was a pleaser, someone who wanted to make everyone happy, to not let anyone down. Now, I'm not like that.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Our salvation is not in some father or human instruments. It is sad to see people so blinded, worshiping the creature more than the Creator.”
“If you take a needle and stick her in the booty and take a needle and stick me in the booty, we're both going to say ouch.”
“A selfie is a sort of interesting way to reclaim the gaze, right? You're looking at yourself and taking a photo while looking at everyone.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.”
“Who told you it couldn't be done? And what great achievement has he to his credit that entitles him to use the word 'impossible' so freely?”

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