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		During my last voyage to America, I enjoyed the happiness of seeing that revolution completed, and, thinking of the one that would probably occur in France, I said in a speech to Congress, published everywhere except in the 'French Gazette,' 'May this revolution serve as a lesson to oppressors and as an example to the oppressed!'
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marquis de Lafayette 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathan Myhrvold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fareed Zakaria 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		President Trump will release America's pent-up energy potential, get rid of foreign oil, trash punitive regulations, create millions of jobs, and develop our most strategic geopolitical weapon: crude oil. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Hamm 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orison Swett Marden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We had to go all through the night thinking that our baby was dead. When God showed him to us, he wasn't dead, he was sucking his thumb. God had him safe and sound. He is a miracle. He is so healthy, so perfect, and God has really, really blessed us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Mandrell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tamron Hall 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Waldo Emerson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't have to aim to be the best of everything, thinking that one day you're going to be the top of the world; I don't think it exists. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Mvula 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Man may be considered as having a twofold origin - natural, which is common and the same to all - patronymic, which belongs to the various families of which the whole human race is composed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Clarke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Feisal Abdul Rauf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That the powers of labour, and of the other instruments which produce wealth, may be indefinitely increased by using their products as the means of further production. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nassau William Senior 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I may not be able to retire. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tadashi Yanai 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Michael Badnarik 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm usually always very happy and funny and positive. It's only when I'm tired that I get a little low energy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nargis Fakhri 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Alas! A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections - a mere heart of stone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charles Darwin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Actions are more precious than words 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kim Young-woon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Rania of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		During my last voyage to America, I enjoyed the happiness of seeing that revolution completed, and, thinking of the one that would probably occur in France, I said in a speech to Congress, published everywhere except in the 'French Gazette,' 'May this revolution serve as a lesson to oppressors and as an example to the oppressed!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marquis de Lafayette