#posse

These wars appear also to have given its death blow to colonialism and to imperialism in its colonial form, under which weaker peoples were treated as possessions to be economically exploited. At least we hope that such colonialism is on the way out. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#appear #blow #colonial #colonialism #death

This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#change #desire #every #his #hospital

The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part of all the possessors of it to elect something like an equal number of representatives. ↗

— John Bright

#elect #equal #franchise #gives #itself

Summon me, then; I will be the posse comitatus; I will take them to jail. ↗

— Samuel Chase

#jail #me #posse #summon #take

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count. ↗

— Ben Elton

#count #dependent #first #get #how

The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers. ↗

— Gail Godwin

#magically #possesses #powers #race

Among those best known, their highest ambition is to build American homes, possess American furniture, dress in American clothes, adopt the American style of living and be American citizens. ↗

— Sheldon Jackson

#ambition #american #american citizens #among #best

You’re fucking special and if I want to act all possessive over you when some stupid art guy hits on you right in front of me, I’m going to. Either that or I’m going to have Ethan chase him down right now so I can punch him in the face. ↗

— Jessica Sorensen

#love #possesiveness #art

For me, each nuance of a color is in some way an individual, a being who is not only from the same race as the base color, but who definitely possesses a distinct character and personal soul. ↗

— Yves Klein

#being #character #color #definitely #distinct

The possession of anything begins in the mind. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#begins #mind #possession