In each colony in 1750 were to be found two sets of governing organizations, - the local and the general.

Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.

In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same.

The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific.

Few characters in history are indispensable.

The Stuart sovereigns of England steadily attempted to strengthen their power, and the resistance to that effort caused an immense growth of Parliamentary influence.

Besides paid white laborers, there was everywhere a class of white servants bound without wages for a term of years, and a more miserable class of Negro slaves.

In some of the middle colonies the towns and counties were both active and had a relation with each other which was the forerunner of the present system of local government in the Western States.

From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.

Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions.

Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves.

On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act.

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government.

More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.

In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.

The growth of constitutional government, as we now understand it, was promoted by the establishment of two different sets of machinery for making laws and carrying on government.

The colonies had little occasion to feel or to resent direct royal prerogative.

One of the strongest and most persistent elements in national development has been that inheritance of political traditions and usages which the new settlers brought with them.

The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch.

In each colony in 1750 were to be found two sets of governing organizations, - the local and the general.

In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.

As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world.

England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.

In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763.

Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized.

Everybody assumes I know everything, so they send me these notes sometimes, and I don't know what they're talking about.

It's not just what substances you put on your skin. Inappropriate inflammation is rooted in diet, how you handle stress, how you rest and your exposure to environmental toxins.

The sudden appearance of mushrooms after a summer rain is one of the more impressive spectacles of the plant world.

I always try to make each character my own.

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.

I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think.

We have been trained not to think about our health care until there's a problem.

Morocco is such a beautiful place. It's incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact. I mean, when I write something in the press, the day after in the fish market, people will be discussing it.

The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does.

Every human being must have boundaries in order to have successful relationships or a successful performance in life.

I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people, the good working people.

Most television shows are going to require an actor sign up from four to six years, but an anthology show really amounts to five or six months at the most. I thought serious actors might be attracted to that.

It was my dream that I had clenched in a fist of discontent and wouldn't release. But time had now pried every finger open. There is peace in an open and upraised hand that isn't grasping for anything.

Love, in the eyes of the world, is either a carnal appetite or a vague fancy, which possession extinguishes or absence destroys. That is why it is commonly said, with a strange abuse of words, that passion does not endure.

I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope.

It should be about this team, and it should be about these guys. It should be about our relationship. It shouldn't be about records.

It was not cool to be that fun, bubbly kid, so I would just go off on my own and sing and make up songs, and that's how I think I developed into the kind of artist and writer that I am.

With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

I watch 'Batman & Robin' from time to time. It's the worst movie I ever made, so it's a good lesson in humility.

It hurt me deeply, this reputation as tough, hard, mean.

When the audience first sees Cooper talking into his tape recorder at the beginning of 'Twin Peaks,' I think that's the greatest introduction to a character I've seen in my career. It tells you everything about the guy right there in a few minutes as well as bringing up a whole load of questions.

There's not a day that goes by that I don't draw on my undergraduate background in psychology.