"The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them."

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Source : Gerry Spence (1999). “Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century”, p.20, Macmillan

Gerry Spence

#Government Quotes #People Quotes #Together Quotes

“In times of uncertainty, we tend to move away from deterministic world views. And when we try to find moral footing for our actions, we compare ourselves to the foil of all foils, the Nazi period. It's a quest for moral certainty by saying, "Even if we're not doing great these days, at least we're not the Third Reich." Which can be consoling or alarmist. There's always a present-day agenda behind it.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS.”
“First time it's a stranger. Second time its just a coincidence. Third time it's a tail”
“Sometimes you forget how much you love someone, until you realize their smile is like a spotlight shined on your heart.”
“I'm a pretty loyal person.”
“It strikes me that this may be one of the differences between youth and age: when we are young, we invent different futures for ourselves; when we are old, we invent different pasts for others.”
“There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.”
“The most consummately beautiful thing in the universe is the fashioned life of a good person.”

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