Edmund Morgan Quotes

Between 1776 and 1789, Americans replaced a government over them with a government under them. They have worried ever since about keeping it under. Distrust of its powers has been more common and more visible than distrust of the imperial authority of England ever was before the Revolution.

Edmund Morgan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1916 - July 8, 2013

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'House of Cards' was amazing to work on. I couldn't believe I landed there.

Joanna Going

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I think that, especially among conservatives, there's a clear understanding that there are three legs to the conservative stool. There are the free-market economics conservatives, the social conservatives, and the national-security conservatives.

John Bolton

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I think there are opportunities for women in comedies - how zany is up to them.

Jennifer Aniston

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It's OK to have nice things happen to you - you should embrace that.

Matt Czuchry

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I'm always conscious of what I'm writing, conscious of what the actor may ask me. I have a defense for nearly every line in the song.

Stephen Sondheim

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I didn't say I wouldn't go into ghetto areas. I've been in many of them and to some extent I would say this; if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

Spiro T. Agnew

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I love to operate in a world that values things outside of beauty. It's just more what I feel comfortable doing.

Troian Bellisario

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Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.

Roger Maris

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I was deeply infected with storytelling from the get go, and I truly love it.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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Kissing could have begun as a way of sniffing out who's who. From a whiff to a kiss was just a short trip across the face.

Joshua Foer

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You know what? I'm really attracted to British women, there's something innately proper about them. However badly they behave their accent is so cute that it makes up for everything!

Josh Hartnett

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I am the farthest thing from a computer genius.

Jonathan Brandis

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