"Capitalism was reasonably content under Hitler, happy under Mussolini, very happy under Franco and delirious under General Pinochet."

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Source : John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

John Ralston Saul

#Very Happy Quotes #Franco Quotes #Delirious Quotes

“Living ain't easy, loving's twice as tough.”
“Certainly I'm passionate and driven and quite relentless when I want something.”
“The fashions we call English in Paris are French in London, and vice versa. Franco-British hostility vanishes when it comes to questions of words and clothing. God save the King is a tune composed by Lully for a chorus in a play by Racine.”
“Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them.”
“Two incomplete people can't complete one another. Complete yourself and then let someone else complement you.”
“One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the Relief Office, I saw my people -As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.”
“I think I have to work to write a happy song. I write them carefully; they're simple and they're about when it's fun to walk down the street. You know? Because that's the best thing about when you're happy. It's just one little thing that makes you happy, and you're making friends. The kind of thing I can do is capture this moment.”
“It is not earthly rank, nor birth, nor nationality, nor religious privilege, which proves that we are members of the family of God; it is love, a love that embraces all humanity.”

Source : Ellen G. White (2013). “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing - Illustrated”, p.70, Lulu Press, Inc

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