#ax

- I’ve met nearly every woman in this room, and I can’t think of one who would make a better friend. I’d be glad to have you stay. - My relief was inexpressible. - Do you think,- Maxon asked, - that I could still call you ‘my dear’?- - Not a chance,- I whispered. ↗

— Kiera Cass

#maxon #america

- I can’t help it. - I sighed. - One can never help being born into perfection. - ↗

— Kiera Cass

#maxon #america

Is this a good time to pat your shoulder? ↗

— Kiera Cass

#maxon #america

Need someone to talk to? I could tug my ear right now ↗

— Kiera Cass

#maxon #america

He reached up and tugged his ear. And I did the same. ↗

— Kiera Cass

#maxon #america

I pledge to keep you safe. ↗

— Kimberly Derting

#loyalty #max #promise #loyalty

First Afghanistan, now Iraq. So who's next? Syria? North Korea? Iran? Where will it all end?' If these illegal interventions are permitted to continue, the implication seems to be, pretty soon, horror of horrors, no murderously repressive regimes might remain. ↗

— Daniel Kofman

#antiwar-movement #axis-of-evil #despotism #foreign-policy #foreign-policy-of-the-us

The power to tax is the power to destroy. ↗

— John Marshall

#taxes #taxing #economy

They're so broke that they've actually cut essential services. In many places, they've cut policemen, because, who the fuck needs them? Or firemen, son of a bitch, it's much more fun watching something burn down. ↗

— Lewis Black

#budget #comedy #economy #fire #police

No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#government #prosperity #taxes #taxing #economy