"In actual fact, it is the State, i.e., the taxpayer who has become responsible to private enterprise. In Fascist Italy the State pays for the blunders of private enterprise Profit is private and individual. Loss is public and social."

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Gaetano Salvemini

#Loss Quotes #Pay Quotes #Facts Quotes

“The English also had a reputation, shared with the Dutch, for blowing up their ships to avoid capture. In 1611, for instance, the Spanish Admiral Don Pedro de toledo captured a Turkish pirate ship, but its English consort, 'being wont to seek a voluntary death rather than yield, blew up their ship when they saw resistance useless'. Blowing up their ships, or at least threatening to do so, would become standard pirate practice.”

Source : Peter Earle (2013). “The Pirate Wars”, p.30, Macmillan
“Happiness, I have grasped, is a destination, like strawberry Fields. Once you find the way in, there you are, and you'll never feel low again.”

Source : Rachel Simon (2013). “Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey”, p.129, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I think, unfortunately, some people are just bad, they're just born bad, and I don't know why.”
“Comedy is what keeps us alive.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“It was known in the mid 90s already that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous tyrant that he had already launched aggressions against Iran, he had invaded Kuwait.”
“It's no secret that Europeans and Americans win most Nobel prizes.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.”

Source : John Desmond Bernal (1967). “The origin of life”
“Well, you know, I am in the business and I like to promote myself.”

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