"The Government cannot afford to have a country made up entirely of rich people, because rich people pay so little tax that the Government would quickly go bankrupt. This is why Government men always tell us that labor is man's noblest calling. Government needs labor to pay its upkeep."

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Source : Russell Baker (1983). “So This Is Depravity”, Pocket Books

Russell Baker

#Country Quotes #Men Quotes #People Quotes

“I hope this brings someone else the courage they need to face whatever challenge is before them.”
“Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May New blooming blossoms neath the sun are born, And all poor April's charms are swept away.”
“Eat a lot and train hard, I am sure that you will succeed.”
“If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.”
“Look at an avalanche, and see that we are at our most powerful when we let go. Look at a flower, and see that we are at our most beautiful when we open up.”
“White Zombie was a bunch of kids with the worst equipment playing in a basement. But that is what is so great about it. There is no reason to think that you can't do it.”
“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.”
“But a topee is not a turban, and I had been my teacher's pupil before I became my husband's wife, learning to my bones that half a disguise is none at all...The moment my short-cropped, pomade-sleek, unquestionably masculine hair passed beneath his nose was the closest thing I've ever seen Holmes to fainting dead away.”

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