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The first law of the market is to make the largest possible profit from other people's labor or go out of business. Profitability rather than… — Michael Parenti
A huge national security state has developed in the United States since World War II. Its function is to buttress anticommunist, procapitalist governments and undermine… — Michael Parenti
The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be… — Oliver Ellsworth
The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the plain… — Thomas Jefferson
Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . . . . But… — Alexander Hamilton
Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be too… — Alexander Hamilton
Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of… — Randy Pausch
Fear is never an actuality; it is either before or after the active present. When there is fear in the active present, is it fear?… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I hope Anne's book will have an effect on the rest of your life so that insofar as it is possible in your own circumstances,… — Otto Frank
People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest… — Herman Melville
I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as… — Lewis Carroll
I don't want easy, just possible. — Bethany Hamilton
Extinction has only separated groups: it has by no means made them; for if every form which has ever lived on this earth were suddenly… — Charles Darwin
It must not be thought that it is ever possible to reach the interior earth by any perseverance in mining: both because the exterior earth… — Rene Descartes
If there is any kind of animal which is female and has no male separate from it, it is possible that this may generate a… — Aristotle
I'm a big believer that as much as possible, and there's obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing. — Bill Gates
Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American… — Bill Gates
As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're not wasting a… — John Fogerty
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see… — Richard Thompson
And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring… — H. L. Mencken
Both law and comedy are heavily focused on thought and viewing all angles. To write a good joke, you have to look at a premise… — Unknown Author
Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one… — Ben Harper
But where only a free play of our presentational powers is to be sustained as in the case of pleasure gardens, room decoration, all sorts… — Immanuel Kant
Henceforth no Jew, no matter under what name, will be allowed to remain here without my written permission. I know of no other troublesome pest… — Maria Theresa
Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The… — Seneca the Younger

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