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People Quotes - Page 585

Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.

"'Bihar al-Anwar' ('Seas of Lights')". Hadith book by Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Volume 78,

I think the most important thing people can do is to learn about their watershed. And it's something no one knows.

"Alexandra Cousteau Tells Katie Couric, 'The Thing Every Human Has in Common Is Our Need for Water'". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. June 28, 2010.

When you see a woman wearing McQueen, there’s a certain hardness to the clothes that makes her look powerful. It kind of fends people off.

"Fierce, feathered and fragile: how Alexander McQueen made fashion an art" by Bee Wilson, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2015.

It is far more rational to suppose that the courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the legislature, in order, among other things, to keep the latter within the limits assigned to their authority.

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). “The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution”, p.381, Coventry House Publishing

If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government.

Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison (2018). “America's Founding Documents: The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and the Bill of Rights”, p.199, First Avenue Editions

The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. The great source of free government, popular election, should be perfectly pure, and the most unbounded liberty allowed.

Alexander Hamilton (1850). “The works of Alexander Hamilton: comprising his correspondence, and his political and official writings, exclusive of the Federalist, civil and military. Published from the original manuscripts deposited in the Department of State, by order of the Joint Library Committee of Congress”, p.444

Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes.

Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.61, Vintage

People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people.

"Adam 'MCA' Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47" by Michael Pearson, www.cnn.com. May 4, 2012.

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations vol. 1, bk. 1, ch. 11 (1776)