I always thought I was different.
There is one transcendant advantage belonging to the province of the State governments. . . -I mean the ordinary administration of criminal and civil justice.
You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds. This forms a complete barrier against any material oppression of the citizens by taxes of this class, and is itself a natural limitation of the power of imposing them.
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.
What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.
The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. The great source of free government, popular election, should be perfectly pure, and the most unbounded liberty allowed.
There's a time and place for the Kindle, and I own one now and have books on it that I don't otherwise have. But I don't find that my hand reaches out for it the way it does for a trade paperback, or (in the middle of the night) for the iPod Touch.
I don't like the country. The crickets make me nervous.
A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?
The only hope of transforming the world from the 'tsunami of violence' is for each of us to become the change we wish to see in the world.