Would to God that I did stand on the same ground with every other man! This is the first time that I have been permitted to enjoy the rights of a citizen.
AARON BURR
AARON BURR
Aaron Burr on citizenship
Aaron Burr20 quotes“Would to God that I did stand on the same ground with every other man! This is the first time that I have been permitted to enjoy the rights of a citizen.”
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The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
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Aaron BurrAaron Burr Let the Judge take care to find a seat for himself.
Aaron BurrAaron Burr Error often is to be preferred to indecision.
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Aaron BurrAaron Burr Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.
Aaron BurrAaron Burr Never do today what you can do tomorrow, because something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
Aaron BurrAaron Burr Slander has slain more than the sword.
Aaron BurrAaron Burr When a man takes time to consider whether he will do a good or civil action, be assured he will never do it. The baser feelings, the calculations of interest and timidity, always prevail.
Aaron BurrAaron Burr I live my life as I deem appropriate and fitting; I offer no apologies, no explanations.
Aaron BurrAaron Burr Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained.
Aaron BurrAaron Burr Talk Less, Smile More.
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Aaron BurrAaron Burr We cannot control necessity, though we often persuade ourselves that certain things are our choice, when in truth we have been unavoidably impelled to them.
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I can’t say that only the citizens litter. I must say that I have also been wrong in doing this. We need to ban plastics and be a little careful with garbage.
Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan Those who can serve best, those who help most, those who sacrifice most, those are the people who will be loved in life and honoured in death, when all questions of colour are swept away and when in a free country free citizens shall meet on equal grounds.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant During the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
Rand PaulRand Paul Congress is hiding the details of their party president Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship. Rahul Gandhi’s real name is Rahul Vincy. They are cheating people by hiding the real names of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath Whores don’t live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear fruits.
ChanakyaChanakya The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.
H. L. MenckenH. L. Mencken The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.
Adam SmithAdam Smith To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal behavior may then be attributed to the oath.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner