Michael Stewart

“proudly showed Anson his official timepiece. He carried it in a leather pouch strapped to his chest, and explained that it was regulated in London to avoid the confusion that differences in local time caused.”
― David McDine, THE COMPLETE LIEUTENANT OLIVER ANSON NAVAL THRILLERS BOOKS 1–4 four gripping historical naval adventures

“He trusts his temperament. Wanting a universe that suits it, he believes in any representation of the universe that does suit it. He feels men of opposite temper to be out of key with the world's character, and in his heart considers them incompetent and 'not in it,' in the philosophic business, even tho they may far excel him in dialectical ability.”
― William James, Pragmatism

“A determined man, a man who believes himself grossly abused, does not listen to reason”
― Lucinda Brant, Midnight Marriage

“One suspects that, at some level, progressives grasp the power of this dynamic, which is why they advocate for national legislation for every problem to defeat the individual liberty that federalism helps secure.”
― Randy E. Barnett, Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People – A Manifesto for Renewing Individual Rights and American Democracy