"In place of the old beliefs of a civilization based on godliness, judgment and historical loyalty, young people are given the new beliefs of a society based on equality and inclusion, and are told that the judgment of other lifestyles is a crime. ... The "non-judgmental" attitude towards other cultures goes hand-in-hand with a fierce denunciation of the culture that might have been one's own"

-- Roger Scruton

#Loyalty Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Hands Quotes

“There are no taboos in bed, and there shouldn't be any taboos in bed.”
“Tis not necessity, but opinion, that makes men miserable; and when we come to be fancy-sick, there's no cure.”
“In a global race, can we really justify the huge number of expensive peripheral European institutions? Can we justify a commission that gets ever larger? Can we carry on with an organisation that has a multibillion pound budget but not enough focus on controlling spending and shutting down programmes that haven't worked?”
“People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.”
“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”
“It is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts, and can never enjoy them because they are too tired.”
“I don't expect anyone to give me anything.”
“Maxim 6: If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”

Source : "Schlock Mercenary" by Howard Tayler,

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