“During the games of the Circus, he had, imprudently or designedly, performed the manumission of a slave in the presence of the consul. The moment he was reminded that he had trespassed on the jurisdiction of another magistrate, he condemned himself to pay a fine of ten pounds of gold, and embraced this public occasion of declaring to the world that he was subject, like the rest of his fellow-citizens, to the laws, and even to the forms, of the republic.” WorldMomentsFormLawGamesPayHistorySubjectsFineCitizensTenGoldFellowsSlaveOccasionsPoundsRepublicCircusRoman EmpireDeclaringMagistratesJurisdiction Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Edited in Seven Volumes with Introduction, Notes, Appendices, and Index Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Edited in Seven Volumes with Introduction, Notes, Appendices, and Index
“The Chinese people absolutely need good spiritual examples. They also could use a citizen of their own, who is free and happy, and pleased with them, and represents them in a positive way to the world. Especially now that they're becoming this mega-power, and no longer known as a puppet in the game, or strictly business people.” PeopleWorldWayNeedsUseSpiritualGamesKnownExampleBecomingCitizensChinesePuppetsMegaGood Spiritual Author:Robert Thurman
“Russia recently passed a law - I think a terrible law - which says you have to store all of the data from Russian citizens on Russian soil just to prevent other countries from playing the same kind of legal games we're playing in this Microsoft case.” ThinkingKindCountryLawGamesCasesCitizensTerribleStoresRussiaDataSoilOther CountriesMicrosoft Author:Edward Snowden