#cop

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence – it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master. ↗

— George Washington

#liberty #political-philosophy #scope-of-government #liberty

I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#limited-government #scope-of-government #law

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#copies #few #gallery #many #originals

When a hurricane damaged my father's house, my brother rushed over with a gas grill, three coolers of beer, and an enormous Fuck-It Bucket - a plastic pail filled with jawbreakers and bite-size candy bars. ("When shit brings you down, just say 'fuck it,' and eat yourself some motherfucking candy.") ↗

— David Sedaris

#father

How do you feel about helicopters?" There was a long pause. "How do you mean? Ethically?" "As a mode of transportation." "Faster than camels, but less sustainable. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#blue #helicopters #lol #ethics

Power must never be trusted without a check. ↗

— John Adams

#scope-of-government #separation-of-powers #separation

Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us cope. ↗

— Joan Bauer

#coping-strategies #strategy

The Catholic Church sees voluntary vampirism as a kind of suicide. I tend to agree. Though the Pope also excommunicated all animators, unless we ceased raising the dead. Fine; I became Episcopalian. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#episcopalians #vampires #catholicism

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. ↗

— Mark Twain

#copyright #find #god #impossible #law

Keedwell cites a study of depression in the Netherlands that found that most people coped better with adversity after experiencing depression. ↗

— Jan Wong

#depression #mental-health #mental-health