#those

The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views. ↗

— Maimonides

#been #case #defends #his #likes

It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#events #exclusive #formidable #impediment #knowledge

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government. ↗

— John Major

#ahead #always #areas #arts #back

I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time. ↗

— Mako

#draw #entertainment #form #games #happy

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. ↗

— Malcolm X

#education #future #passport #prepare #those

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. ↗

— Malcolm X

#future #prepare #those #today #who

I love good and pleasure, I hate evil and pain, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken in believing, that people, angels and even demons have those same inclinations. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

#angels #be happy #believing #demons #even

So to make those checks better, I used to steal lollipops and sell them at school - but I got caught. ↗

— Method Man

#caught #checks #got #i #make

I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#came #country #embraced #i #i came

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#disease #fear #happiness #help #i