#vice

If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#arbitrary #arbitrary power #cannot #corruption #established

I sang at the Inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#i #national #prayer #sang #service

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#fools #men #need #take #wise

Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#dedication #doing #efficiently #honestly #job

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion! ↗

— Sydney Smith

#england #pity #religion #vice

In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protection of public property, and should insurrection break out the protection of life and property would be more safe guarded by our company of regulars, than by the whole City. ↗

— Thomas L. Smith

#break #buildings #city #company #event

I've been trying to keep the private life private. Not being savvy or trained on how to do good interviews like a politician, I thought it was wiser to follow my mother's advice: If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#anything #been #being #follow #good

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#god #make #men #primarily #realize

No enemy is worse than bad advice. ↗

— Sophocles

#bad #enemy #than #worse

Everyone has their preferred stroller, their preferred crib, their preferred Moses basket. And they have advice on that too! ↗

— Tori Spelling

#basket #crib #everyone #moses #preferred