Tryphosa Bar Quotes & Sayings

[I]t is certain that no subjects or citizens, when legally armed and kept in due order by their masters, ever did the least mischief to any state. . . . Rome remained free for four hundred years and Sparta eight hundred, although their citizens were armed all that time; but many other states that have been disarmed have lost their liberties in less than forty years.6 — Les Adams

What makes me worry today is the alarming decline in the trust in democratic institutions - political parties, Parliaments, political leaders. Less and less people are going to the polls in most advanced democracies. — Ivan Krastev

Nourishing the soul is the process of drinking at the life stream, coming back to one's true self, embracing the whole of one's experience - good, bad, or ugly; painful or exalted; dull or boring. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

Government is the enemy until you need a friend. — William Cohen

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. — J. Michael Straczynski

To generate great power you must first totally relax and gather your strength, and then concentrate your mind and all your strength on hitting your target. — Joe Hyams

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age have left me naked to mine enemies. — William Shakespeare

The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters. — Confucius

Irvine, being a planned community, is really good shorthand, especially in a movie or book, for understanding suburban pressures. — Andrea Seigel