Quote by Washington Irving
Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in t

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No – no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears. – Washington Irving

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A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother’s love endures through all. – Washington Irving

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The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. – Washington Irving

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As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, its not good to limit the number of voices. – Michael Moore

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How many of you have broken no laws this month? Thats the kind of society I want to build. I want a guarantee – with physics and mathematics, not with laws – that we can give ourselves real privacy of personal communications. – John Gilmore

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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. – Edmund Burke

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Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations. – Mikhail Bakunin

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My childhood dreams were focused on being part of the effort to make humanity a multiplanetary species. – Peter Diamandis

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A lot of what passes for depression these days is nothing more than a body saying that it needs work. – Geoffrey Norman

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On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, theyd let me know right away. – John Ratzenberger

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The lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.
N.B.: From this quote is derived the proverb, Good things come to those who wait. – Bible

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