Toussaint Louverture (François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture) Quotes

We are free today because we are the stronger; we will be slaves again when the government becomes the stronger.

Toussaint Louverture

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• The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Art
  • History
  • Today

• The iPod made music mobile, but today, how many devices do you need to walk around with? You want it on just one. And inevitably that's going to be the phone.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
  • Music
  • Today
  • Walk

• Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

  

  Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • Love
  • Man
  • Stronger

• Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

  

  Earl Wilson
  • May
  • Today
  • Parents

• Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • People
  • Long
  • Today

• The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.

  

  Walter Bagehot
  • World
  • Why
  • Strong

• Free love sounds great.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Great
  • Love
  • Free

• You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.

  

  Larry Holmes
  • Today
  • You
  • Class

• Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.

  

  Patrick Chappatte
  • Today
  • Fear
  • New

• The famous convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia to define the additional powers needed to enable Congress to do its job effectively. Instead, the convention proposed a brand new national government.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • Job
  • Government
  • Famous

• Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.

  

  Jack Welch
  • World
  • Job
  • True

• I think that a lot of kids today focus on impressing each other. And while that's really nice, you also have to think about your future, about getting into a good school.

  

  Kara Hayward
  • Good
  • School
  • Kids

• I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • People
  • Government
  • Congress

• Criminals gravitate into government positions like natural law.

  

  G. Edward Griffin
  • Law
  • Government
  • Natural

• Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.

  

  Fatos Nano
  • Important
  • Free
  • Fair

• When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me.

  

  Dan Farmer
  • Me
  • More
  • Supposed

• Bonnie and Clyde were almost like a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing 'the government's money.' I think that's a bit of why they were glorified.

  

  Lane Garrison
  • Money
  • Why
  • Think

• The good news for us is the NHL has never been stronger, never been more popular, and that, I guess, has led to a lot of interest being expressed from a number of places, an interest in getting an expansion team, and Las Vegas happens to be one of those places.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Good
  • Team
  • Popular

• Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

  

  Dalton Trumbo
  • Business
  • Job
  • Government

• I'm not a claustrophobe, but you don't need to be to feel claustrophobic inside an MRI. It's like being buried alive.

  

  Billy Collins

• For me, working out is a form of therapy. It's cathartic for me; it's a good stress reliever. I know that when I go to the gym I am taking care of myself, and I know I'll feel so much better afterwards.

  

  Bob Harper
  • Good
  • Stress
  • Gym

• As an actor, you are always someone else's tool. You can have a connection with them, and you can share their point of view, but ultimately, you are helping them reflect.

  

  Diego Luna
  • Connection

• Everybody says the first cut if the deepest. It's so true. I don't know if it's because it's the best love, but it's the first that you remember. There is one boy that I will remember for the rest of my life, and I wouldn't go as far as to say, 'Oh I was in love with him and he broke my heart'. You hold on to that, just that first experience, it's good to have and you should appreciate it, even if it hurts.

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • Life
  • Good
  • Heart

• We are free today because we are the stronger; we will be slaves again when the government becomes the stronger.

  

  Toussaint Louverture
  • Today
  • Free
  • Government