Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone, and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns. – Walter Bagehot
I have a lot of younger fans, obviously the choices I make often influence them. But having said that, its kind of the best motivation in the world to stay positive and make good choices. – James Maslow
It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. – Galileo Galilei
