#cop

I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes. ↗

— Jimi Hendrix

#copy #heard #i #imitated #mistakes

My main problem with cops is that they do what they're told. They say 'Sorry mate, I'm just doing my job' all the fucking time. ↗

— Banksy

#law #law

As government expands, liberty contracts. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#political-philosophy #politics #scope-of-government #liberty

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence – it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master. ↗

— George Washington

#liberty #political-philosophy #scope-of-government #liberty

I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#limited-government #scope-of-government #law

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#copies #few #gallery #many #originals

When a hurricane damaged my father's house, my brother rushed over with a gas grill, three coolers of beer, and an enormous Fuck-It Bucket - a plastic pail filled with jawbreakers and bite-size candy bars. ("When shit brings you down, just say 'fuck it,' and eat yourself some motherfucking candy.") ↗

— David Sedaris

#father

How do you feel about helicopters?" There was a long pause. "How do you mean? Ethically?" "As a mode of transportation." "Faster than camels, but less sustainable. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#blue #helicopters #lol #ethics

Power must never be trusted without a check. ↗

— John Adams

#scope-of-government #separation-of-powers #separation

Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us cope. ↗

— Joan Bauer

#coping-strategies #strategy