#rote

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. ↗

— James Madison

#faculties #first #government #insuperable #interests

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. ↗

— James Madison

#instituted #objects #persons #property #protection

It's all been satirized for your protection. ↗

— Bill Maher

#protection #your

My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at other things to earn a living and wrote mainly in the evenings, often very late at night, for many years. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#course #decided #earn #evenings #had

During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#conservative #democratic #deserve #during #flames

Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made great comedies and they are still as funny today as they ever were. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#charlie #charlie chaplin #comedies #ever #funny

Somebody wrote a script around us, but Dustin Abraham came with the best one. ↗

— Method Man

#around #best #came #dustin #script

If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions. ↗

— David Mamet

#inappropriate #influenced #job #novel #opinion

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#brought #glad #i #i am #joy

We became the songs we wrote. ↗

— Barry Mann

#songs #wrote