"If in a democratic country nothing can be permanently achieved save through the masses of the people, it will be impossible to establish a higher political life than the people themselves crave."

-- Jane Addams

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Political Quotes

“Too many facts are often as much of an obstacle to understanding as too few. There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding.”
“The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.”
“I like working in series, so instead of just doing one separate body of work, what if I come up with a different rhythm, instead of every week, what if I make it every year? And so I'm still setting up a series, a repetition, but it's a completely different work flow.”
“I think sexuality is a window into someone's soul.”
“The greatest part of all chronic disease is created by the suppression of acute disease by drug poisoning.”
“I don't believe in democracy by bayonet.”
“I feel like giving myself a pat on the back. We can create history tonight. We can bid goodbye to 10 years of (Liberal-Conservative) government which has ground to a halt, and get a new government and a new majority in Denmark.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.”

Source : Interview with Doug Farrar, sports.yahoo.com. August 4, 2010.

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