"Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress."

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Source : Thorstein Veblen (1994). “Absentee Ownership: Business Enterprise in Recent Times : the Case of America”, p.38, Transaction Publishers

Thorstein Veblen

#Patriotism Quotes #Politics Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“All I've ever needed is myself.”
“To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast.”
“grateful people are a bore and become obsequious, which causes their benefactors to doubt the wisdom of their choice.”
“Use whatever excuse you can to vibrate in harmony with those things you've been saying you want. And when you do, those things that are a vibrational equivalent flow into your experience in abundance. Not because you deserve it, not because you've earned it, but because it's the natural consequence of the Law of Attraction. That which is like unto itself is drawn.”
“I would do anything to stay beside you forever.”
“The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.”
“Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.”
“There are many other arrows in our diplomatic quiver.”

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