"A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne."

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"A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne."

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"When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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"And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow."

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James Monroe, American President

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"While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk."

Wendell Johnson, American Psychologist

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"They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will not suffer him to have his own good, nor land, nor forfeiture, nor any other good but they ask it from him, or else they take bribes of others to get it for him."

Jack Cade, English Activist

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"Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all."

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"In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin."

Desmond Tutu, South African Leader

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"Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more."

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