A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.
The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends, to the eternal world; it has proved itself stronger than death.
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I like being in Kansas City. People are extremely nice, extremely passionate about the Chiefs.
They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Kansas - and that's pretty much the same thing.
People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
V in V for Vendetta
9Thor: "Do you see yourself above them?"
Loki: "Oh yes."
Thor: "Then you miss the truth of ruling, brother."
Loki: "Oh yes."
Thor: "Then you miss the truth of ruling, brother."
Thor in The Avengers
3We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.
You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom.
William Wallace in Braveheart
1A government is for the benefit of all the people.
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.
That's the best revenge of all: happiness. Nothing drives people crazier than seeing someone have a good f*cking life.
The happiest people don't worry too much about whether life is fair ot not, they just get on with it.
Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.
It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what. How did he know that?
Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness
8"But don't you think," I persist, "that it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?"
Statecraft is the art of attending to small matters as diligently as grand ones.
Ar-Pharazôn in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Episode 4
Even the smallest of us are capable of great things.
Master Chow in Minions - 2: The Rise of Gru
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.
A very small man can cast a very large shadow.
Lord Varys in Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 3
Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.
If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.
Donald Tusk (about German soldiers helping with floodings in Poland) - September 2024
I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.
Taylor Swift - September 2024
Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that.
Kamala Harris - September 2024