#first

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 are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. ↗

— James Madison

#experiment #first #liberties #our #right

You have to be very brave in that first writing session. ↗

— Barry Mann

#first #session #very #writing #you

The Bourbon King was first ambassador of reason and human happiness. ↗

— Heinrich Mann

#bourbon #first #happiness #human #human happiness

I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first time I think it's really me. ↗

— Herbie Mann

#brazilian music #finally #first #first time #i

That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But then, I never expected it to be earth-shaking, not with him. What I was determined to avoid was emotional entanglement. A passing fling was one thing, an affair of the heart quite another. Of myself I was fairly sure. I was not about to lose my heart to a man about whom I knew next to nothing. ↗

— J.M. Coetzee

#first #love #experience

First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#been #corporate #declines #down #economic

You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters. ↗

— Peyton Manning

#comebacks #first #fourth #guy #hear

Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with. ↗

— Nigel Mansell

#been #decade #drivers #factor #favourites

I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught. ↗

— Jacques Maritain

#another #appear #arises #big #bring