#cons

I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution. ↗

— Tom DeLay

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I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#even #how #i #just #juxtaposition

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#construction #damn #fast #give #i

If you remember you just have one constituent, and that's God himself, and if you try to please him I think you usually come with a lot steadier pace and a lot more peace in your life. ↗

— Jim DeMint

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The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy. ↗

— Harry A. Blackmun

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When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God. ↗

— William Blackstone

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That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution. ↗

— William Blackstone

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