We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplus for upgrading its productive powers.

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

The britishh seizure of Hong Kong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the britishh Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.

Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity.

The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.

The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.

The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army.

Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.

Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.

Light is impressionism.

Every problem has an effect – every deserved curse has a consequence or result, an outcome or effect.

I’m not going to kill you, Nora. I don’t kill people who are important to me. And you top the list.

The FBI had a right to review that. And they did and they found Hillary Clinton not in any criminal violation.

Hillary Clinton's been talking about the inner cities for 25 years. Nothing's going to ever happen.

Do not think it wasted time to submit yourselves to any influence which may bring upon you any noble feeling.

Modeling is about fantasy, getting people to buy into a lifestyle and a vision.

At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle. It's a hard feeling to shake off. Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.

I'm very well off but I can stay with normal people. I can do a super-luxury life, but I can do a very normal life and I'm not scared.

Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun." "We are ugly.