"Let me tell you, that's what taxation is - it's confiscation. It's your money, it's not the government's money. But the government makes you think that it all comes from them."

-- Rafael Cruz

#Thinking Quotes #Government Quotes #Make You Think Quotes

“Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had”

Source : Raymond Chandler (2014). “The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words”, p.283, Vintage
“There are still hungry people in Ethiopia, but they are hungry because they have no money, no longer because there is no food to buy... we strongly resent the abuse of our poverty to sway the interests of the European public.”
“Heartbreak has an archetypal core, all heartbroken individuals suffer from the same kind of torture.”
“Whilst breezy waves toss up their silvery spray.”
“The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war.”

Source : "Today" with John Humphrys, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2004.
“My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.”
“Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class-involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, and suburban housing-are not sustainable. A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmentally damaging consumption patterns.”
“Golf - a young man's vice and an old man's penance.”

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