"The method of doubt must be applied to civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence."

-- Charles Fourier

#Civilization Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Excellence Quotes

“Down on my knees / I peel back the layers of the world.”
“The only thing I can cheer for in Philadelphia is the national anthem.”
“Pity the Party without enough woman power - there will always be dreamers and leaders, but the dreams won't come true, nor will the leaders reach their goal, without the ready doers.”

Source : Judy LaMarsh (1969). “Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage”, Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart
“Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty.”
“General Motors could buy Delaware if DuPont were willing to sell it.”
“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”

Source : Speech at the Somerville Club, 27 Feb. 1895, in R. A. Streatfield Essays on Life, Art and Science (1904) p. 69
“When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency in which we had an MP. There were 14. Now we have only one. We appear to have given up.”
“Youre shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates.”

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