"Politicians do nothing but ask of us, during every expiration of a legal statute, "a gesture of trust." But here trust is not enough; what's needed is an act of faith."

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Source : "Controcorrente 1974-1986". Book by Indro Montanelli, 1987.

Indro Montanelli

#Gestures Quotes #Politician Quotes #Enough Quotes

“Nothing is yet in its true form.”
“No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will rise to take their place.”
“Let us learn this lesson from Nehemiah: you never lighten the load unless first you have felt the pressure in your own soul. You are never used of God to bring blessing until God has opened your eyes and made you see things as they are.”
“He held her as though she was a gift. Given to him in love. Something still and small. Unbearably precious.”
“Only professional mathematicians learn anything from proofs. Other people learn from explanations.”
“I never quite understand why we watch the news. There doesn't really seem much point watching somebody tell you what the news is when you could quite easily listen to it on the radio.”
“[Alexander] Hamilton estimated portrait painters as thieves of time.”
“If god wanted people to believe in him, why'd he invent logic then?”

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