“Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.”
Source: The Truth
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Terry Pratchett 796
English author 1948–2015Related quotes
As quoted in Wisdom & Inspiration for the Spirit and Soul (2004) by Nancy Toussaint, p. 85
Attributed from posthumous publications
“I aimed at his back and pulled the trigger five times and all hell broke loose in my mind.”
Mark Chapman http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/940986.stm
“One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.”
Source: The Dharma Bums
“Please forgive me," Pleasant said, then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger.”
Source: Playing with Fire
“[Painting is.. ] a kind of war between the moment and the pull of memory.”
quote in 1959
as quoted in Abstract Expressionism, David Anfam, Thames and Hudson Ltd London, 1990, p. 155
1950 - 1960
Source: Nationalism and Culture (1937), Ch. 12 "Social Problems of Our Time"
“The two greatest things that all men aim at in any free government are liberty and permanency.”
Legislative Assembly, February 9, 1865
Context: The two greatest things that all men aim at in any free government are liberty and permanency. We have had liberty enough - too much perhaps in some respects - but at all events, liberty to our hearts content.
“523. A fool may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)