"Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right."

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Benjamin Whichcote

“The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of that it sings its monotonous song forever and ever.”
“We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.”
“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.”
“Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.”
“All of a sudden, weâ€™ve lost a lot of control,â€™ he said. â€˜We canâ€™t turn off our internet; we canâ€™t turn off our smartphones; we canâ€™t turn off our computers. You used to ask a smart person a question. Now, who do you ask? It starts with g-o, and itâ€™s not Godâ€¦”
“If you haven't got a gun, you can't shoot anyone. We need to look at how these guns are getting into our communities. It's about replacing the negativity with good stuff. Give kids music studios in the community they can use for free and see how they learn to work together. Football and music unify kids.”

Source : "Damilola's dad Richard Taylor and ex-bad boy rapper Ashley Walters face-to-face". Mirror.Co.Uk Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. March 31, 2008.
“Donald Trump insisted he's always had a great relationship with women. He said, 'I believe a woman can be anything she wants to be, whether that's Miss USA or Miss Universe. Either one.'”
“When we learn to TOLERATE boredom, we find out who we really are.”

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