#kings

The case decided on Thursday, though, seemed promising to takings fans because it wasn't about compensation. It was about the requirement that any government taking must have a "public purpose." ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#any #because #case #compensation #decided

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others. ↗

— Sallust

#always #bad #good #kings #mistrust

I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am. ↗

— Big Sean

#gold #i #i am #i think #kings

I am 73 years old. I've seen everything. I've met the kings, the queens, the presidents, I've been around the world. I have one thing that I would like to do: to try to reach peace. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#around #been #everything #i #i am

No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#better #fire #fishnet #needed #never

It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

#answer #civilisation #conduct #first-class #how

Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings. ↗

— Robert Herrick

#best #brings #danger #give #kings

<spoiler>Azrael... In a flash, they disappeared. The path, the gate, the demon, and the Silver Blood. Kingsley was gone. Trapped in Hell for eternity. Mimi collapsed to the ground, as if her heart had imploded in her chest.</spoiler> ↗

— Melissa de la Cruz

#force #kingsley #love #mimi #love

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#answer #cannot #form #found #govern

It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives' recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#cherish #clause #conservatives #equal #equal protection