24 Quotes by James Harrington


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    The older generation did without things to hang on to the land, but their children don't have as high a regard for the history of the property. They want to buy boats and cars. A lot have gotten the idea of moving north to Dawson County.

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    It's not because you didn't have the overtime. You made the decisions based on what you believed was the right thing to do,

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    I confess that the magistrate upon his bench is that to the law which a gunner upon his platform is to his cannon.

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    The blushing cheek speaks modest mind,The lips befitting words most kind,The eye does tempt to love's desire,And seems to, say 'tis "Cupid's fire.

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    And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men, subject a city or a nation, and rule it according to his or their private interest; which, because the laws in such cases are made according to the interest of a man, or of some few families, may be said to be the empire of men, and not of laws.

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    Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.

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