No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders.


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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
SAMUEL BECKETT
If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
SAMUEL BECKETT
I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left co...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I guess I've grown to admire Queen Elizabeth II more. I've always struggled with my feelings...
SAMUEL BARNETT
In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broad...
SAMUEL BARNETT
With Millais's paintings, it's microscopic; when he does hair, it's extraordinary: you c...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I hope it's always going to be a mix between theatre, film and radio. I've been very lucky l...
SAMUEL BARNETT
The Pre-Raphaelites, while very bothered by what the establishment thought of them, also utterly reb...
SAMUEL BARNETT
My life, my family and my friends are back in the U.K., so ideally I would love the kind of career t...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if ...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind m...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I...
SAMUEL BARNETT
Acting is a sport - especially working with Mark Rylance. There is competition involved. I have to b...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
SAMUEL BARNETT
I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
SAMUEL BARNETT
Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the lang...
SAMUEL BARNETT
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it&#...
SAMUEL BARNETT
This industry isn't fair. It doesn't owe anybody a career. It's just about luck, determi...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I feel like I've gotten more than a lot of people will ever get. I feel very fortunate.
SAMUEL BARNETT
Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets ...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and...
SAMUEL BARNETT
Journalists have sometimes looked to my Twitter account and quoted me from there, and that's fin...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery.
SAMUEL BARNETT
I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to d...
SAMUEL BARBER
I've had little success in intellectual circles. I'm not talked about in the 'New York R...
SAMUEL BARBER
I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a ...
SAMUEL BARBER
As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write...
SAMUEL BARBER
I was 7 years old when I began composing. I began composing, improvising at the piano, the usual sto...
SAMUEL BARBER
I can only say that I myself wrote always as I wished, without a tremendous desire to find the lates...
SAMUEL BARBER
There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.
SAMUEL BARBER
I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being...
SAMUEL BARBER
I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unplea...
SAMUEL BARBER
If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
SAMUEL ALITO
I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
SAMUEL ALITO
Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secul...
SAMUEL ALITO
A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation...
SAMUEL ALITO