"Where there are large powers with little..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
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“America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it - so long as we seize it together.”
“Your richest veins don't lie nearest the surface.”
“With a little study you'll go a long ways, and I wish you'd start now”
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“Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.”
“Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.”
“That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.”