"If the public safety be provided, liberty and propriety secured, justice administered, virtue encouraged, vice suppressed, and the true interest of the nation advanced, the ends of government are accomplished . . ."

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Source : Algernon Sidney (1794). “Life and Writings”, p.386

Algernon Sidney

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“I want to change things with everything I do, not for the sake of changing things, but for the sake of taking greater and greater risks, or how minimalist I might be able to be, or how I can involve elements or ingredients in music videos that are not musical, for instance.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Shooting the “Beast”; Jonathan Glazer Tames the Gangster Genre". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. June 12, 2001.
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.”
“All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.”

Source : "Relating: An Astrological Guide to Living with Others on a Small Planet". Book by Liz Greene, p. 15, 1977.
“If 'Mystery Train' is my Nixon book and 'Lipstick Traces' my Reagan book, 'Invisible Republic' is my Bill Clinton book. I really liked Clinton. He made me proud to be part of this country again. For all of his failings, the way he put all that he'd done in jeopardy, I supported him from beginning to end.”
“If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to get to the good stuff, you need to slow down.”
“I only wear heels when it's 100-percent required, and even sometimes not then. I have to talk myself into a bra. I've done an hour of standup where I've been like, "I don't have to wear a bra tonight." If you're going to be on camera, you have to get it together, but other than that, I am pretty lazy as a woman.”
“Regret... when it comes to you, I have oceans of it.”
“Quitting smoking is rather a marathon than a sprint. It is not a one-time attempt, but a longer effort.”

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