#ax

I pledge to keep you safe. ↗

— Kimberly Derting

#loyalty #max #promise #loyalty

First Afghanistan, now Iraq. So who's next? Syria? North Korea? Iran? Where will it all end?' If these illegal interventions are permitted to continue, the implication seems to be, pretty soon, horror of horrors, no murderously repressive regimes might remain. ↗

— Daniel Kofman

#antiwar-movement #axis-of-evil #despotism #foreign-policy #foreign-policy-of-the-us

The power to tax is the power to destroy. ↗

— John Marshall

#taxes #taxing #economy

They're so broke that they've actually cut essential services. In many places, they've cut policemen, because, who the fuck needs them? Or firemen, son of a bitch, it's much more fun watching something burn down. ↗

— Lewis Black

#budget #comedy #economy #fire #police

No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#government #prosperity #taxes #taxing #economy

I looked around. As flock leader, everyone was expecting me to make a decision. Jeb's presence here would bring uncertainty, chaos, probably danger. It would perk up my day. ↗

— James Patterson

#jeb #max #maximum-ride #decisions

Don’t ever leave me again,” I said in a tiny voice. I won’t,” he promised into my hair, sounding most un-Fang-like. “I won’t. Not ever.” And just like that, a cold shard of ice that had been inside my chest ever since we’d split up-well, it just disappeared. I felt myself relax for the first time in I don’t known how long. The wind was chilly, but the sun was bright, and my whole flock was together. Fang and I were together. Excuse me? I’m alive too.” Iggy’s plaintive voice made me pull back. ↗

— James Patterson

#maxride #voice

I hate this guy,” Ari muttered, keeping his head down “There’s a club,” I told him. “The Haters of ter Borcht Club. Have you gotten your badge yet? ↗

— James Patterson

#hate

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#pay #taxes #tyranny #moon

You stand out like a fart in a church. ↗

— James Patterson

#maximum-ride #the-final-warning #church