A Quote by John Adams
The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.
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Ah, children, pity level-crossing keepers, pity lock-keepers - pity lighthouse-keepers - pity all the keepers of this world (pity even school teachers), caught between their conscience and the bleak horizon.
Keepers of books, keepers of print and paper on the shelves, librarians are keepers also of the records of the human spiritthe records of men's watch upon the world and on themselves.
My keepers, why keepers, I'm in no danger of stirring an inch, ah I see, it's to make me think I'm a prisoner, frantic with corporeality, rearing to get out and away.
I shuddered to think how completely the insane were in the power of their keepers, and how one could weep and plead for release, and all of no avail, if the keepers were so minded.
A lot of people think the best work I've done was nonfiction - the 'Brothers and Keepers' book. But I think of myself as a fiction writer. And I think, if my work is put in perspective, all the books would be a continual questioning of what's true and what's not true, what's documented and what's not documented.
We need to pay attention to each other. We are our brother's keepers. We are our sister's keepers.
It is never nice to see keepers make mistakes. All keepers talk about it, and we work very hard not to make those mistakes.
I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.
A writer just speaks from his heart, mind and soul. They are the conscience keepers of the society. They are the keepers of the soul of the society.
Good taste" is a virtue of the keepers of museums. If you scorn bad taste, you will have neither painting nor dancing, neither palaces nor gardens.
I will try to show in every game that I am one of the best keepers in the world.
We judge our own character by our best intentions and most noble acts, but we will be judged by our last worst act.
Water keepers patrol local waterways and prosecute polluters. Essentially, they act as the community's coast guard.
We children of schizophrenics are the great secret keepers, the ones who don't want you to think that anything is wrong.
The universe may be tenderly indifferent to our fate, but we shouldn’t be. We are our brothers’ keepers. There is right, and there is wrong. There are consequences to our actions or inactions. Disregard can be an act of violence.
We are a nation of shop keepers.
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