Jennifer Burns

“If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself.”
― James Madison

“It's the Only Thing To Do," he said, obviously speaking in capital letters.”
― Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy

“Man only can be aware of the insensibility of man towards a new gown.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.”
― Charles Spurgeon