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“One was a horrible case called Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe which denied tribes the right to criminally prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes on their reservations. That decision has had horrible consequences for law enforcement on Indian reservations. But in that opinion Justice William Rehnquist cites language from the 1830s to explain why whites didn't trust tribes to exercise criminal jurisdiction. They were savages.”
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“The fact that the infrastructure is falling apart is not necessarily because it's built poorly. The New York City subways were built in 1903. The fact that they're still running at all is an enormous success. The fact that New York City's bridges have held up as long as they have is extraordinary, and the engineers didn't have computers to tell them about tolerance. They overbuilt these things - traffic on them is like an ant on an elephant.”
Source : Source: www.today.com
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“There can be no criminal intent in resisting injustice.”
Source : Lysander Spooner (1850). “A Defence for Fugitive Slaves”, p.36
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“The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.”
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“Winning companies win because they have good leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organization.”
Source : Noel M. Tichy (2009). “The Leadership Engine: How Winning Companies Build Leaders at E”, p.3, Harper Collins
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“Free men do not forfeit their security, contrary to Bush's claim that we hate freedom. If so, then let him explain to us why we don't strike Sweden, for example.”
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“The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination.”
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“What is a constitution? It is a booklet with twelve or ten pages. I can tear them away and say that tomorrow we shall live under a different system. Today, the people will follow wherever I lead. All the politicians including the once mighty Mr. Bhutto will follow me with tails wagging.”
Source : "Pakistan, a Dream Gone Sour". Book by Roedad Khan, 1997.
