"Capitalism is a great idea in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work."

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Source : "The News Quiz", BBC Radio 4, November 2008.

Jeremy Hardy

#Practice Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Theory Quotes

“Absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is, let alone the dullness of it and the pomposities of it.”
“I can't tell you how many times I've had conversations with politicians who've done something morally reprehensible but not indictable, yet still think they should be able to stay in office. The office isn't a 'right.' It's a kind of loan.”
“Every one of our children will be brought into the ark, if we pray and work earnestly for them.”
“Marco Rubio turns a question about missing Senate votes into an attack on the mainstream media.”
“Think of God not as a word, or a stranger, or as someone on high, waiting to judge and punish you. Think of Him as you would want to be thought of if you were God.”
“Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.”
“My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing and abhorrence of life, and all that life carries in its train.”
“Follow your honest convictions and be strong.”

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