The checks and balances is a ...

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
 Beau Willimon

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

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