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It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#events #exclusive #formidable #impediment #knowledge

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#certainly #doubt #engine #leave #lodged

Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters. ↗

— John Major

#clever #could #defect #half #many

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#confined #everything #humdrum #labored #limited

We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#aspect #being #beings #bound #chain

Nobody thought I would be a great coach. ↗

— Rick Majerus

#great #i #nobody #thought #would

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't. ↗

— John Major

#before #conservative #could #different #i

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government. ↗

— John Major

#ahead #always #areas #arts #back

I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry. ↗

— Lee Majors

#because #gene #gene autry #gone #grew

My fiancee and I recently eloped. We went on a fabulous honeymoon to Europe, and I was able to see and do everything I wanted without worrying about taking it easy. ↗

— Lee Majors

#about #easy #europe #everything #fabulous