Quote by George Mason
Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact the

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community. – George Mason

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In all our associations in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim – that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people. – George Mason

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power
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A few years experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings. – George Mason

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Experience
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Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss. – George Mason

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Happiness
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It is not that artistic power has left the world but that a more rapid life has developed itself in it, leaving no time for deliberate dainty decoration or labours of love. – Mrs. Orrinsmith, 1877

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Society

He who negates present society, and seeks social conditions based on the sharing of property, is a revolutionary whether he calls himself an anarchist or a communist. – Johann Most

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Society

Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what Ive been good at. – Tom Peters

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Society

Even if one is interested only in ones own society, which is ones prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others. – Peter L. Berger

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Society

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When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Kindness

People ask How does doing a film compare to doing an ad? Well, when youre doing a commercial you dont have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film. – Mike Mills

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Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder. – Russell Baker

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Men are superior to women, for one thing they can urinate from a speeding car. – Will Durst

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car