Tillett Gardens Quotes & Sayings

We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we adjudicate disputes, defend our rights, and provide for certain common needs ... A state on the other hand, is a coercive organization asserting or enjoying a monopoly over the use of physical force in some geographic area and exercising power over its subjects. — David Boaz

What do any of us ever truly know? — David Markson

A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. A very few pounds a year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice. — Jonathan Swift

But in all times men have been prone to believe that their happiness and well-being were to be secured by means of institutions rather than by their own conduct. Hence the value of legislation as an agent in human advancement has always been greatly over-estimated — Anonymous

The warm solid definitive realness of him. For the first time in many long years she felt her heart open, and knew love as more than a memory. — Cassandra Clare

My answer seemed to please him, and he let it go. Matthew was teaching me not to over explain, to explain just enough to make him happy, and not dig the verbal hole deeper. Talking to children is like testifying in court, answer just what's asked, don't elaborate, and don't volunteer information. — Laurell K. Hamilton