#eases

Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such civil rights as it pleases; all that is required is that, in this respect, its laws shall be impartial. ↗

— Lyman Trumbull

#citizens #civil #civil rights #constitution #does

As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#cures #depression #depression-humor #modern-life #humor

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. ↗

— Jeremy Collier

#fair #great #pleases #turn

The church which ceases to be evangelistic will soon cease to be evangelical. ↗

— Alexander Duff

#ceases #church #evangelical #soon #which

Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#before #children #diarrhea #die #diseases

When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. ↗

— Stanley Kubrick

#cannot #ceases #choose #man

Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#increases #population #ratio #unchecked

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#discover #happily #her #how #man

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends. ↗

— P. D. James

#forgiving #friends #good #liking #obligation

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#ceases #free #only #spirit #support