#rant

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#heaven #liberty #little #men #tyrant

We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. ↗

— Bob Inglis

#laws #nation

If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

#appearance #because #business #disappointed #financial

I would sometimes sit in a crowded restaurant, and say, 'You know, I'm the only person in this restaurant who can't draw.' ↗

— Scott Adams

#draw #i #know #only #person

Well, I got people that help me with the restaurant. I don't have to be at the restaurant 24 hours a day. ↗

— Mickey Gilley

#got #help #hours #i #me

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. ↗

— Aeschylus

#end #every #friend #heart #in the end

There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things. ↗

— Terry Gilliam

#executives #formed #guarantee #haven #lots

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. ↗

— Aristotle

#both #deprive #mistrust #people #their

If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#demand #emancipation #grant #masse #men

I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me. ↗

— Sean Astin

#begun #easily #granted #how #i