Augustin Thierry quotes

Augustin Thierry quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Government should be good for the liberty of the governed, and that is when it governs to the least possible degree. It should be good for the wealth of the nation, and that is when it acts as little as possible upon the labor that produces it and when it consumes as little as possible. It should be good for the public security, and that is when it protects as much as possible, provided that the protection does not cost more than it brings in.... It is in losing their powers of action that governments improve. Each time that the governed gain space there is progress.”
-- Augustin Thierry

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“Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and courtier. But the merchant, like all other industrious men, seeks his benefit only in his talent, in virtue of freely arrived at agreements, and appealing to faith and the laws.”
-- Augustin Thierry

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“Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.”
“Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc
“There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.”
“The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time. It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.”

Source : Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.22, Macmillan
“I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.”
“I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.”
“You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.”
“Government...may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may not aid, foster, or promote one religion or religious theory against another... The First Amendment mandates governmental neutrality...”
“Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines.”

Source : Adrian Tchaikovsky (2009). “Blood of the Mantis: Shadows of the Apt”, p.203, Pan Macmillan
“Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.”

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