John Sherman quotes
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“If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessities of life.”
-- John ShermanSource : "Elizabeth Warren’s Consolidation Speech Could Change the Election" by Paul Glastris, washingtonmonthly.com. June 30, 2016.
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“It lasted but a year of two, till all the routes were done. The pace so fast that most forgot that climbing could be fun.”
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“Then came a bigger fear. Not the threat of imminent injury, but the fear that if I didn't go back up, I would be a chickenshit forever.”
-- John ShermanSource : John Sherman (2012). “Sherman Exposed: Slightly Censored Climbing Stories”, p.176, The Mountaineers Books
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“Sometimes the best gear for a climb is a good excuse.”
-- John ShermanSource : John Sherman (2012). “Sherman Exposed: Slightly Censored Climbing Stories”, p.79, The Mountaineers Books
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“We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it.”
-- John ShermanSource : John Sherman (1879). “Selected Speeches and Reports on Finance and Taxation, from 1859 to 1878”
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“It's time to stop producing stuff, and start producing fun.”
-- John Sherman
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Source : "James Caan: What I've Learned". Interview with Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
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“Man must choose whether to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them.”
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Source : "Elizabeth Warren’s Consolidation Speech Could Change the Election" by Paul Glastris, washingtonmonthly.com. June 30, 2016.
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Source : "Paul Ehrlich and the Population Bomb". PBS video produced by David Suzuki,
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Source : "The First World War". Book by A. J. P. Taylor , p. 165, 1963.
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