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Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law.


Bob Woodward


#criminal #disclosures #fact #held #his

...You see I believe in that stuff to: yoga and mystical powers. I once knew a man who could kill himself on command. Can you believe that? . . . Why do you laugh? . . . Believe it! By will of his own mind, he could make his heart stop beating for good' My neighbor poised and looked seriously at me, searching in my eyes. '...You laugh!' he repeated once more… 'You laugh, but he was a master at it! He could commit suicide at his own will!' Indeed, hearty laughter streamed through my nose. 'Could he do it perpetually?' I asked. 'Perpetually...?' My neighbor rubbed his waxy chin. 'I mean, is he still able to do it?' 'I’m not sure I understand.' 'Well? Then is he dead…?!' My neighbor's puzzled face slowly began to transform into a look of realization. 'But sir,' he said, 'Of course he’s dead! I mean to say... this man could kill himself on command, you see. And you don’t come back from the dead!' The two of us found ourselves crossing to the door so I could let my visitor out. I slapped him with friendliness on the shoulder. 'No, you don’t come back from the dead,' I agreed.


Roman Payne


#death #funny #mind-powers #mystical-powers #mysticism

However, this court is constrained by law, and under the law, I can only conclude that the Government has not violated FOIA by refusing to turn over the documents sought in the FOIA requests, and so cannot be compelled by this court of law to explain in detail the reasons why its actions do not violate the Constitution and the laws of the United States. The Alice-in-Wonderland nature of this pronouncement is not lost on me; but after careful and extensive consideration, I find myself stuck in a paradoxical situation in which I cannot solve a problem because of contradictory constraints and rules—a veritable Catch-22. I can find no way around the thicket of laws and precedents that effectively allow the Executive Branch of our Government to proclaim as perfectly lawful certain actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution and laws, while keeping the reasons for their conclusion a secret.


Colleen McMahon


#law #national-security #orwellian #surveillance #surveillance-society

Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.


William H. Macy


#cool #cool guy #everyone #genuinely #george

My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.


Olusegun Obasanjo


#bounds #devote #energy #humanity #i

I know that I haven't powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.


Tillie Olsen


#divide #earns #enough #haven #i

I have - I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian powers on behalf of anybody else - I can assure of that.


Ron Davies


#assure #behalf #democracy #draconian #else

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.


Norman Vincent Peale


#believe #believe in yourself #cannot #confidence #faith

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.


John Rawls


#constant #finance #function #money #paralyzed

My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind.


Boyd Rice


#forms #harnessing #impression #magic #mind