"The mode of reconciling the promise of ever-increasing reward for the cadres and the demands of the working classes for a quid pro quo for their loyalty to the state was to offer the latter a small piece of the pie."

-- Immanuel Wallerstein

#Loyalty Quotes #Pie Quotes #Class Quotes

“Voting is the foundation stone for political action.”
“My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.”

Source : Song: Auditorium, Album: The Ecstatic, 2009
“I think academics are infuriating. For every expert on Shakespeare there is another one to cancel his theory out. It drives you up the wall. I think the greatest form of finding out the truth is through fantasy.”
“The success or failure of any relationship depends not just on how we feel about each other, but on how we make each other feel about ourselves.”
“Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.”
“I have a great memory.”
“My pappy told me never to bet my bladder against a brewery or get into an argument with people who buy ink by the barrel.”

Source : Quoted in David Olive Business Babble (1993).
“With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.”

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