#spot

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#despotism #fetters #freedom #our #possessions

If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or baseball cards, or 1960s British comedies to policy minutiae and political arcana. But, like Christians in ancient Rome, you can still spot them if you know the signals. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#ancient rome #any #baseball #british #cards

Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

#been #conformity #creative #despotism #differences

It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#bad #bad taste #buildings #color #community

It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also. ↗

— Dexter Gordon

#been #building #certainly #financially #good

A zebra does not change its spots. ↗

— Al Gore

#does #spots

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians. ↗

— Angelina Grimke

#any #blind #blind obedience #christians #civil

I am a really big Harry Potter fan and I've seen all the sets, I've lived Harry Potter and I don't think it's destroyed the books at all, I think it's really spot on. ↗

— Rupert Grint

#big #books #destroyed #fan #harry

I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope. ↗

— Lisa Guerrero

#know #microscope #spotlight #under

The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people. ↗

— Alexander Haig

#advances #awaits #beijing #bring #china