Friday, July 09, 2004
July 8, 2004
“The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.”
- William Hazlitt (1778 – 1830), English writer and critic: “Political
Essays: The Times Newspaper”
“That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter in to a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.”
- George Mason (1725 – 1792), American public official and planter:
Virginia Bill of Rights, article 1, June 12, 1776.
“O Lord, sir, when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin.”
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 – 1816), Irish dramatist, politician and
orator: “The Critic”, 1779.
“The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.”
- William Hazlitt (1778 – 1830), English writer and critic: “Political
Essays: The Times Newspaper”
“That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter in to a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.”
- George Mason (1725 – 1792), American public official and planter:
Virginia Bill of Rights, article 1, June 12, 1776.
“O Lord, sir, when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin.”
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 – 1816), Irish dramatist, politician and
orator: “The Critic”, 1779.
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