Bernard Moitessier Quotes
I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light, and peace, there is no other ruler besides the sea.
Quotes to Explore
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Voter ID laws have a disproportionate impact on groups that lean democratic - including blacks, hispanics and students.
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The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.
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I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic.
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The government of Iran has no problem with the American nation.
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Safe storage and child access prevention laws are critical steps as we seek to reduce the occurrence of accidental shootings and suicides involving guns.
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The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
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A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
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Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
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My dream is to see India as a nation of well-looked-after and respected sportspeople in all fields.
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We must be an inclusive nation that respects and supports all of its citizens: a nation that doesn't give up on anyone who hasn't given up on themselves.
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In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
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Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.
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We don't need a nation that has national identity cards.
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Nature's laws must be obeyed, and the period of decline begins, and goes on with accelerated rapidity.
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Dimensionless constants in the laws of nature, which from the purely logical point of view can just as well have different values, should not exist.
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To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable clothes.
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Usury once in control will wreck the nation.
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It is ordinarily said that criminal law is designed to protect property and to protect persons, and if society's only interest in controlling sex behavior were to protect persons, then the criminal codes concerned with assault and battery should provide adequate protection. The fact that there is a body of sex laws which is apart from the laws protecting persons is evidence of their distinct function, namely that of protecting custom.
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I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation.
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I have for a long time felt that our society is becoming more and more fractured and divisive and that you could go a whole day without really talking to another person. If you give people a good book to talk about, you can build a community out of a diverse group. A common language grows out of it.
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What you need will come back to you.
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The bond of family blesses us with an immeasurable power. But we also must accept what comes with it. It gives us a responsibility to love without condition, without apology. We can never waver from the power of that bond, even if it's tested. The bond nourishes us, gives us strength. Without that power, we are nothing.
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I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light, and peace, there is no other ruler besides the sea.
