"Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power."

-- Jon Meacham

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“I gather you yellow-skinned men, despite your triumphs in sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, still don't have democracy. Some politician on the radio was saying that that's why we Indian are going to beat you: we may not have sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy. If I were making a country, I'd get the sewage pipes first, then the democracy, then I'd go about giving pamphlets and statues of Gandhi to other people, but what do I know? I am just a murderer!”

Source : Aravind Adiga (2008). “The White Tiger”, p.60, Atlantic Books Ltd
“We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to people's happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in people's lives has been severed.”
“It's hard to find ideas that aren't picked over and harder to get real returns and differentiate yourself. We are entering a new environment. The days of big returns are gone.”
“Given is the word. Given publicly, on the first Good Friday, on a hill, in the sight of all, was the visible demonstration of the only permanent way to overcome evil. Human nature demands something more enduring than the unquiet equilibrium of rival powers.”

Source : Muriel Lester (1947). “It So Happened”
“Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.”
“As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had to be made and some initiatives deferred. Occasionally I had to say 'no.”
“Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.”
“Where do you begin telling someone their world is not the only one?”

Source : Lee Maracle (2017). “Ravensong—A Novel”, p.61, Canadian Scholars’ Press

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