"I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying."

-- Rachel Corrie

#People Quotes #Systematic Quotes #Destruction Quotes

“The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.”

Source : Prohibitions del Roy, 12 Co. Rep. 63, quoting Henry de Bracton's treatise on the laws and customs of England,
“The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny.”
“A lot of truth is said in jest.”
“It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget movies have no perks, but what is the driving force, of course, is the script, and your part in it.”
“Women have to be careful to not wear out their husbands on their honeymoons, or they get so weak that they can't go to work!”
“Someday, I hope that we will all be patriots of our planet and not just of our respective nations.”

Source : Zoe Weil (2009). “Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life”, p.56, Simon and Schuster
“Sleep is cousin-german unto death: Sleep and death differ, no more, than a carcass And a skeleton.”
“My religion of life is always to be cheerful.”

Source : George Meredith, William Maxse Meredith (1913). “Letters of George Meredith: 1882-1909”

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