#owe

Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country. ↗

— John Acton

#being #constitution #country #democracy #democratic

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#being #does #good #good man #himself

Well, in 1947... in Europe and in Italy especially, we thought of America as all-powerful. ↗

— Giovanni Agnelli

#america #especially #europe #italy #thought

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ↗

— James Allen

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But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices. ↗

— King Albert II

#betrayed #defend #duty #find #forced

Your message is stupid. Iraq is not afraid of you or anyone else when it has a right to claim. What you warned about is not on Iraq's agenda. Iraq is vital and powerful. It is not an opportunistic country. Your administration has not learned from the past. ↗

— Mohammed Aldouri

#administration #afraid #agenda #anyone #claim

When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think. ↗

— Namie Amuro

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I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space. ↗

— Michelangelo Antonioni

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I don't sing in the shower at all, and I don't sing in the shower, either. ↗

— Pia Toscano

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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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