"The image of the world around us, which we carry in our head, is just a model. Nobody in his head imagines all the world, government or country. He has only selected concepts, and relationships between them, and uses those to represent the real system."

-- Jay Wright Forrester

#Country Quotes #Real Quotes #Government Quotes

“I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed”
“It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy”
“But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope.”
“When humor goes, there goes civilization.”
“If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.”
“Soul ties. The thing that can make you hear an old-school slow jam and think of somebody you havenâ€™t seen in years. Soul ties. The thing that makes old people whoâ€™ve been together for years finish each otherâ€™s sentences. Donâ€™t you wish mama had told you when you were young that, when you lie with someone, you lie not just with her body but also with her soul? And whatever condition the other personâ€™s soul is in, you are guaranteed to take a piece with youâ€”whether you want to or not. Instead of being amazed at her booty, you should have focused on her mind.”

Source : Kirk Franklin (2010). “The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms”, p.93, Penguin
“Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.”
“It is significant that, as innocent babies are killed, and capital punishment is withheld from their murderers, the same men who plead for the murderer's life also demand the â€œrightâ€ to abortion. Usually, the same picketers that carry a sign one day, â€œAbolish Capital Punishment,â€ also carry â€œLegalize Abortionâ€ another day. When this is called to their attention, their answer is, â€œThere is no contradiction involved.â€ They are right: the thesis is â€œcondemn the innocent and free the guilty.”

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