"It was a real revolution. But with one missing feature. That is the feeling in a people that "We have done it once, and if the new lot let us down, we can do it again!" It was that proud, menacing confidence which made the French revolution special. But it's not around in 21st-century Europe. After 1989, the people handed over liberty to the experts. Will they ever want it back?"

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Neal Ascherson

#Real Quotes #Europe Quotes #People Quotes

“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”
“The strongest argument for the un-materialistic character of American life is that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of view, intolerable.”
“When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.”
“I love 'Top Chef.' I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV.”
“These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals.”
“She Got The Gold Mine, I Got the Shaft.”

Source : Song: She Got the Gold Mine, I Got the Shaft
“A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque.”
“[Tomas] Jefferson believed that the United States was a chosen nation with a special responsibility to spread democracy around the world.”

Source : Source: www.theimaginativeconservative.org

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