"It is simply the truth that the political system that I am part of has degenerated to the point that it needs fundamental change."

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Source : "Poll: Most say Arroyo should go", www.cnn.com. July 11, 2005.

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

#Political Quotes #Needs Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes

“Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.”
“If you're going to point out the ridiculousness of a rule, it's naïve to think that you can break it. It's the same way that rappers have embraced capitalism. Some people say they liked it better when rap was a literal protest form in the '90s. But I think it's more a form of protest today, because it's telling the story of what happens once something forbidden is within reach. I think rap is more political today when it speaks about luxury watches than it does about fighting the power.”
“The problem is not the harshness of Fate, for anything we want strongly enough we get. The trouble is rather that when we have it we grow sick of it, and then we should never blame Fate, only our own desire.”
“Nobody is going to take my kids away from me and I will fight to the death for that.”
“What's better, I wonder - to be a toy for the humans, or to control your own destiny , even if the only way to do so is suicide?”
“I think you can tell the difference between "swagger" and real confidence immediately. You can smell it, like bad body spray versus nice cologne.”
“Our greatest priority as Christian parents is to gradually transfer our children's dependence away from us until it rests solely on God.”
“Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.”

Source : Leland Stanford (1887). “Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...”

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