"Boredom ... causes us to neglect more..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Boredom ... causes us to neglect more duties than does interest.
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“I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I would like to have it, but as it is, that is to be defended. The Constitution will not be preserved & defended until it is enforced & obeyed in every part of every one of the United States. It must be so respected, obeyed, enforced and defended, and let the grass grow where it may.”
“When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.”
“True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.”