#cons

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

— Don DeLillo

#dangerous #jail #many #repressive #societies

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

#constituent #god #him #himself #i

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

#constitution #heart #her #his #home

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

— Thomas Jefferson

#consider #himself #man #property #public

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

— William Blackstone

#considered #enactment #god #law #man

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

— William Blackstone

#english #fundamental #fundamental principle #king #necessary

A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent. ↗

— Alice Stone Blackwell

#any #ascent #feeling #finds #guide

We've not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can't trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought to hire somebody who has balanced a budget. I'm much more conservative with money than George Bush is. ↗

— Howard Dean

#balanced #budget #bush #conservative #george

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is. ↗

— Martha Beck

#certain #constantly #eclectic #exactly #feel