"We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money."

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Source : "The Life of Colonel David Crockett". Book by Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1884.

Davy Crockett

#Money Quotes #Giving Quotes #Dollars Quotes

“A good novel editor is invisible.”
“Every passion gives a particular cast to the countenance, and is apt to discover itself in some feature or other. I have seen an eye curse for half an hour together, and an eyebrow call a man a scoundrel.”
“One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.”

Source : "Letters from England". Book by Karel Capek, 1925.
“Daughters hate their mothers; I think it's the law of nature. But you know what? Then they come back.”
“Ive always been a health fanatic.”
“Since this was a formal undead gathering, there would be foodâ€”all kindsâ€”drinks, dancing, and festivities, while those in power pondered whether or not to slaughter half the people around them. In other words, like a high-school prom.”
“A tomato may be a fruit, but it is a singular fruit. A savory fruit. A fruit that has ambitions far beyond the ambitions of other fruits.”

Source : E. Lockhart (2014). “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks”, p.61, Hot Key Books
“There's a great and unutterable beauty in all this.”

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