#fr

The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here. ↗

— John Bachman

#army #carolinas #frequently #government #here

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#real #solitude #worst

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#counsel #difference #flatterer #friend #giveth

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#acting #actor #afraid #bad #bad guy

That was after Napoleon died because there is still a controversy as to whether Napoleon was poisoned with arsenic. And the French say the British did it and the British say the French did it, but he died before the test for arsenic was available. ↗

— Michael Baden

#arsenic #available #because #before #british

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property. ↗

— Michael Badnarik

#gun #gun laws #i #infringe #just

You find sprinters testing other sprinters' mental capability. But these are my good friends on the track. I don't think we need to do that. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#find #friends #good #good friends #i

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself. ↗

— Gamaliel Bailey

#first #frauds #oneself #worst

That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati. ↗

— Gamaliel Bailey

#cincinnati #doubt #free #i #i do

I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#choose #conferences #could #delegates #essential