#able

There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong. ↗

— James Madison

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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. ↗

— James Madison

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ↗

— James Madison

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The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. ↗

— James Madison

#faculties #first #government #insuperable #interests

We possess only the happiness we are able to understand. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

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I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue. ↗

— David Mamet

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Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-on-demand and DVD and streaming video and all of these things. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

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Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra - not choreography to the audience. ↗

— George Szell

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I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good enough. So my response was to just not be able to write anymore. I know that's not the healthiest of responses. ↗

— Aimee Mann

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