"The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility."

-- Jacques Delors

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“The entire life of the personal ego is continually in the grip of wanting, i. e., an attempt to seek fulfilment of desires through things that change and vanish. But there can be no real fulfilment through the transient things”
“Crowding, rapid change and the breakdown of communities have been widely recognized as sources of social problems. But we do not believe they are enough to account for the extent of the problems that are seen today.”
“If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military.”
“Say the truth even if it may be bitter.”
“I am uneasy about the practice of other people telling you how to write. This is especially true for beginners who haven't yet developed their style and their writer's persona and are easily pushed off the course.”
“One [New York] eatery is a remodeled diner that looks like what Busby Berkeley would have done if only he hadn't had the money.”
“If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldnâ€™t be in a worse state than it is now !”
“No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why this particular name I have no idea.”

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