"This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all."

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Source : Richard Cobden (1870). “Speeches on Questions of Public Policy”, p.381

Richard Cobden

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“Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.”
“Without you I wouldn't have been able to contain the hate. I would have used it against myself. You're the one who helped me control it. My mind spun out to other things. But it always came back to you.”
“It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything.”

Source : Lois Lowry, Douglas Wayne Larche, Susan Elliott Larche (1996). “Number the Stars”, p.40, Dramatic Publishing
“I totally believe that God has blessed me with the unique ability to know offense, to call offense.”
“My attraction has never been to computers per se, but to the fact that they offer a highly leveraged way to invent magic.”

Source : "Bing adds features to try to gain on Google" by Dina Bass, www.sfgate.com. August 9, 2010.
“Well, you have absolutely no idea what a nightmare it was to be on a set, trying to figure out how I was going to find out what time it is, how I was going to get my meds, and at the same time not have it be obvious to someone.”
“The Unnamable,1954... How all becomes clear and simple when one opens an eye on the within, having of course previously exposed it to the without, in order to benefit by the contrast.”
“A grandma is old on the outside and young on the inside.”

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