"Peoples have come to experience that political structures and divisions of power are not immutable. Nor will they perceive the distribution of wealth and resources between nations to be unalterably ordained by heaven and incapable of drastic rearrangement by the less than gentle manipulation of man."

-- Bob Hawke

#Men Quotes #Political Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.”
“The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.”

Source : William Robertson Smith (2006). “The Old Testament in the Jewish Church: Twelve Lectures on Biblical Criticism”, p.272, Wipf and Stock Publishers
“If at first you don't succeed, You're not an Alpha”
“If language is lost, humanity is lost. If writing is lost, certain kinds of civilization and society are lost, but many other kinds remain - and there is no reason to think that those alternatives are inferior.”
“Everyone knows that senior citizens are stupid”
“Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say.”
“People should have an escape valve for their money, their assets. If you have substantial financial assets, the government is going to confiscate the purchasing power of those assets and spend it.”
“Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.”

Source : "The Tragedy of the Commons," Science, 13 Dec. 1968

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