![It [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every act of the citizen, however secret; it has begun to throw around its operations the high dignity and impeccability of a State religion; its agents become a separate and superior caste, with authority to bind and loose, and their thumbs in every pot. But it still remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men.](/assets/img/quote-photos/it-the-state-has-taken-on-a-vast-mass-of-new-duties-and-responsibilities-it-ha.jpg)
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taken reserves
Everything Jack says is to be taken with considerable reserve. William S. Burroughs
taken comedian
I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously. Will Ferrell
taken sleep naps
There's no doubt in my mind that sleep deprivation is the hidden number one cause of arguments and cybersex. I'm convinced that countless good relationships end and bad ones begin because of chronic fatigue. Never make a major decision until after you've taken a nap. Sarah Ban Breathnach
taken two flying
And the two planes that were taking the band and crew that we had taken out to San Diego were flying out after the show. And so I was never supposed to be on that plane. Reba McEntire
taken drawing people
I use photos a lot for drawing people and personalities, but they're almost never photos that I've taken. Robert Crumb
responsibility understanding
It is my understanding that they have walled her off from day one and that she has had no decision-making responsibility in the case. Laurie Levenson
responsibility age succeed
You understand your responsibilities better than guardians twice your age. You'll do what you have to do to succeed.
responsibility safety mutual-fund
Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks. Ron Chernow
responsibility home air
There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air. Travis Barker
responsibility thinking effort
I think that the responsibility that the Democrats had may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or by me when I was President, to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. William J. Clinton
responsibility opportunity america
When I was president, I knew exactly what I wanted to do every day to bring America together and create a greater sense of opportunity and a larger sense of responsibility and a stronger sense of community.
responsibility opportunity profound
No generation has had the opportunity, as we now have, to build a global economy that leaves no-one behind. It is a wonderful opportunity, but also a profound responsibility.
responsibility community benefits
Our mission in this new century is clear. For good or ill, we live in an interdependent world. We can't escape each other. Therefore, we have to spend our lives building a global community of shared responsibilities, shared values, shared benefits.
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[There are, in us] possibilities that take our breath away, and show a world wider than either physics or philistine ethics can imagine. Here is a world in which all is well, in spite of certain forms of death, death of hope, death of strength, death of responsibility, of fear and wrong, death of everything that paganism, naturalism and legalism pin their trust on. William James
men giving perfect
The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life. Plato
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I was a chameleon, the woman men wanted me to be. Jane Fonda
men money
I went to see 'Men In Black 2.' It was just a commodity, just money being shifted.
men heaven have-faith
Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go straight forward. William Wilberforce
men joy soul
Sulky labor, and the labor of sorrow are little worth: if you could only shed tranquility over the conscience and infuse joy into the soul, you would do more to make the man a thorough worker than if you could lend him the force of Hercules, or the hundred arms of Briareus.
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There's a Harvard man on the wrong side of every question.
men progress neighbor
All social life, stability, progress, depend upon each man's confidence in his neighbor, a reliance upon him to do his duty.
men lines straight-lines
The straight line belongs to Man. The curved line belongs to God Antoni Gaudi
men temper ifs
Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.