#pa

Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#burn #great #great men #leave #letters

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present. ↗

— Sidney Hook

#been #death #fear #greatest #past

If you are a friend of the Constitution as I am, I hope you will consider engaging me in the topics of my posts whether you agree or disagree with my position on a particular subject. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#am #consider #constitution #disagree #engaging

It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#authority #bench #comes #congress #consent

The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#feared #federalist #founders #greatly #papers

You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go for the blues. The blues go but it don't stop. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#back #blues #europe #go #parts

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? ↗

— Bell Hooks

#always #believe #capacity #compassion #enough

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it's not unfamiliar to you. It's always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#away #becomes #been #death #deeper

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#american cinema #basis #cinema #express #identity

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#act #ego #having #learn #moving