Sadly, like any major city, there are pockets of poverty in Jacksonville. Four of those pockets can be found on the very pants I’m wearing.
Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)
At the very dawn of history, the care of the sick was actually superior to what the great majority of mankind receive today when ill.
It's my job as best friend to make sure he's not a serial killer. Or an English major, not sure which one's worse.
The removal of God from human consciousness means the removal of meaning and purpose from human life.
The corruption of religious leaders, who were expected to be the source of spiritual force and regeneration, is the last step in the of decay of a community.
If the majority cannot be punished then they can only be transformed; and the transformation requires change of heart.
I always thought I was an extrovert until I became a theatre major. Then I realised I just didn't like silence.
Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.
If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.
Tragedy occurs whenever awareness exceeds power; and particularly where awareness of a major need exceeds the power to satisfy it.
There is a major difference between a scuba diver and a drowning man. One is in control of his experiences, the other is in over his head.
My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist.
It was ridiculous really. I had just won a major race despite not being in top form, yet I was going to dope.
Everyone's life is a mess. We all make mistakes . . . and not just little slip-ups. Major mistakes that hurt us and other people.
Democracy is reproached with saying that the majority is always right. But progress says that the minority is always right.
The desire to avoid short-term hardships leads to major dislocations in [housing] markets.
I saw Farrah Fawcett originally when she and her boyfriend, Lee Majors, came over to my house for a birthday party that I was having for my ex-wife, Leigh Taylor-Young.
The vast majority of doctors really do try to take the money out of their minds. But to provide the best possible care requires using resources in a way that keeps you viable but improves the quality of care.
There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.
The United States has the best, deepest, widest, and most transparent capital markets in the world which give you, the investor, the ability to buy and sell large amounts at very cheap prices. That is a good thing.