“Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to publick opinion. This is the weak point of our defenses, and the part to which the enemies of the system will direct all their attacks. Opinion can be so perverted as to cause the false to seem the true; the enemy, a friend, and the friend, an enemy; the best interests of the nation to appear insignificant, and trifles of moment; in a word, the right the wrong, and the wrong the right.” StatesMomentsSeemsGovernmentGivenNationsCausesInterestUnitedOpinionEnemyBreakUnited StatesSocietyConsequenceDirectWeakDefenseInsignificantTriflesWeak Points Author:James F. Cooper
“Citizenship is no light trifle to be jeopardized any moment Congress decides to do so under the name of one of its general or implied grants of power.” MomentsLightNamesCongressGrantsCitizenshipTriflesImplied Author:Hugo Black
“The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lip,s though they cannot speak.” LooksMayTwoMomentsHandsEyeOpportunitySpeakPressureMereLipsDoomTriflesMoments Of LifeGreat Moments Book:Pendennis Source: Pendennis
“A grain of sand leads to the fall of a mountain when the moment has come for the mountain to fall.” MomentsFallMountainSandGrainTriflesGrains Of Sand Author:Ernest Renan