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«Society does not need more children; but it does need more loved children. Quite literally, we cannot afford unloved children - but we pay heavily for them every day. There should not be the slightest communal concern when a woman elects to destroy the life of her thousandth-of-an-ounce embryo. But all society should rise up in alarm when it hears that a baby that is not wanted is about to be born.»
«It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.»
«If you elect me the first Jewish justice of the peace, I'll reduce the speed limits to 54.95!»
Author: Kinky Friedman
(Novelist, Politician, Singer, Song Writer)
| Keywords:
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«The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election»
Author: George Carlin
(Actor, Author, Comedian)
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«Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.»
Author: Lily Tomlin
(Actress, Comedian)
| About:
Adulthood,
Advertising,
Politicians,
Politics
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«Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.»
Author: Anais Nin
(Author)
| About:
Failure,
Life
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«Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities, and so on.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
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«We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
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«The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.»
«A fool and his money are soon elected.»
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