"A society that feels life is the most precious thing [jars against] a society that prefers death over theft, over loss of pride, over inconvenience, and so much else."

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Abigail Disney

#Pride Quotes #Loss Quotes #Jars Quotes

“If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.”

Source : "Propaganda". Book by Edward Bernays (p. 37 - 38), 1928.
“Today, in the newspapers and magazines, the first sentence is, my restaurant is expensive.”
“As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience, we still feel that way.”

Source : Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie (1988). “C Programming Language”, p.13, Prentice Hall
“I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their tax dollars, what's being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired.”
“Living standards in both the public and private sector have to be brought down. The private sector has to sell more abroad and consume less at home. The government sector has to get closer to just spending what it can collect in taxes.”
“I just love dealing with people whose idea of sometimes is every thousand years,â€ I said.”
“I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.”
“The Puritans came to America to worship in their way and to force everybody else to do the same thing.”

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