"I do not think you can push public expenditure significantly above 60 per cent and maintain the values of a plural society with adequate freedom of choice. We are here close to one of the frontiers of social democracy."

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Source : "Inflation fight goes on, Mr Jenkins tells left". The Times, January 24, 1976.

Roy Jenkins

#Thinking Quotes #Choices Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“I am not afraid of death threats, but I am appalled that so many people are capable of so much wrong spelling and fractured grammar!”
“He could hear trhe voices, the whispers, the sighs, of these souls who were unable to let go of their burdens. ... Pi understood this need to hold on. To let let go of his pain. It had become such a part of him. Who would he be without it? The thought frightened him. So he wandered the halls of the catacombs like the other souls who were half-dead and half-alive.”
“I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.”

Source : "Taraji Henson Defies Odds On And Off Screen". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 19, 2009.
“People suddenly expected less of me and I didn't want that. Not only could I keep up with sighted kids, I could excel. I have an intense competiveness that was always in me.”

Source : Source: visionlossresources.org
“The sun is all about the world we see, the breath and strength of every spring.”
“Looking back, I think I tried to be too eclectic. Sometimes I'd sing thirty songs, and fifteen of them were not in English.”
“You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don't make a big deal out of an easy shot.”
“Our practice should be based on the ideal of selflessness. Selflessness is very difficult to understand. If you try to be selfless, that is already a selfish idea. Selflessness will be there when you do not try anything.”

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