#pete

That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other. ↗

— Isaac Barrow

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Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#ascribe #explained #incompetence #malice #never

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. ↗

— Benazir Bhutto

#competent #constitutionally #contest #elections #i

Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#chords #crash #feed #guitar #overrated

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#compare #compete #content #everybody #simply

But I know somebody who has a bedside urinal. How do I compete with that? ↗

— Lara Flynn Boyle

#compete #how #i #know #somebody

The Democrats complain; I choose to compete. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#compete #complain #democrats #i

A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged. ↗

— Harry Browne

#assumption #challenged #competent #counsel #courtroom

My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#character #character actors #great #influences #peter

There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortunes of his fellow-citizens. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#country #fortunes #god #hands #his