467 Quotes About Essentials

"A representative assembly, although extremely well qualified, and absolutely necessary, as a branch of the legislative, is unfit to exercise the executive power, for want of two essential properties, secrecy and dispatch."

"The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith."

"Achieving the MDGs is not optional; it is an essential investment in a safer, more human and prosperous world"

"Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited."

"Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ... Human beings have always needed hope, and surely now more than ever."

"Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations."

"People crave laughter as if it were an essential amino acid."

"The joke is the purest, most essential form of storytelling. Every word has to count."

"Come back down to basics. The basic things of life, the basic things for me are the things that turn me on more than anything. I'm actually trying to go back from where I was running from...the more essential things that I was ignoring."