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Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
Author : Aeschines
I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
Author : Michel de Montaigne
It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.
Author : Orson Pratt
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game.
Author : Winston Churchill
There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
Author : Muhammad Ali
When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you’re telling them that they’re less than somebody else.
Author : Gwendolyn Brooks
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
Author : Confucius
In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Author : Oscar Wilde
