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Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#based #consent #democracy #derives #fathers

We are a continuum. Just as we reach back to our ancestors for our fundamental values, so we, as guardians of that legacy, must reach ahead to our children and their children. And we do so with a sense of sacredness in that reaching. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#ancestors #back #children #continuum #fundamental

A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#also #commencement #joy #life #melancholy

My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#economic #father #gave #generation #land

I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#death #had #i #if i could #liberty

I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#fight #go #i #lasted #liberty

Like Joseph Mitchell, I would scour the streets of New York and find little pieces of what other people think of as junk - and collect it. ↗

— Stanley Tucci

#find #i #joseph #junk #like

It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning. ↗

— Stanley Tucci

#because #different #elements #film #get

So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really. ↗

— Stanley Tucci

#because #big #hope #how #i

Aggression is simply another name for government. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#another #government #name #simply