Joseph Story Quotes

A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.

Joseph Story

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 18, 1779 - September 10, 1845

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GoodKnowledgeBestGovernmentFirst

In the days when I used to tweet, I would encounter comments wishing death upon me. There were people who claimed they were sticking pins in my effigy because they couldn't stand me. There's some seriously disturbed people out there.

Andie MacDowell

DeathPeopleMeStandSeriouslyOut

We procured from an Indian a weasel perfectly white except the extremity of the tail which was black: great numbers of wild geese are passing to the south, but their flight is too high for us to procure any of them.

Meriwether Lewis

GreatBlackWhiteNumbersFlightUs

The power that you have as a young woman, unless you have great self-esteem, is largely based on how the rest of the world reacts to you. And so it's kind of a superficial confidence that you have, you know?

Amanda de Cadenet

ConfidencePowerGreatWomanWorld

You have to find ways to find that center, to find that balance, to find sanity, because again, we are getting bigger, and people look at us that way. We have to find that new balance.

Travis Kalanick

BalancePeopleYouLookFindNew

Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you.

Tommy Lasorda

YouSometimesUpExcitedAgainst

I took all the philosophy courses I could.

Judd Nelson

PhilosophyCoursesTookCould

I believe the most compelling explanation of Obama's actions is that he is, just like his father, an anti-colonialist.

Dinesh D'Souza

FatherBelieveI BelieveJustLike

The bedrock of 'Being Human' has to be characters. I would hope that even if suddenly we had a huge budget per episode, the foundation of the show, and the thing that actually makes it what it is, is character.

Donald Sumpter

CharacterHopeFoundationBudget

There's so many things that we could do.

Ashley Olsen

ThingsManyCould

Some pundits have proposed that the aliens have come here to breed with us. Apparently, too much bike riding or something similar has rendered them incapable of reproducing within their own species. But do extraterrestrial infants toddle through your neighborhood?

Seth Shostak

BikeToo MuchRidingWithinOwnUs

I love to throw myself into situations where I don't understand everything yet.

Sebastian Thrun

LoveMyselfUnderstandEverything

'Superman' was a total accident. The producers of the animated series were having a hard time finding someone to read the character. I was brought in through a connection and, I think, out of desperation.

Tim Daly

CharacterTimeThinkSomeoneFinding

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