"The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we can expect to reap are economic insecurity at home and international discord abroad."

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Source : Tommy Douglas' remarks at the Annual Convention of the Saskatchewan CCF in Regina, Canada, July 1951.

Tommy Douglas

#Home Quotes #Greed Quotes #Competition Quotes

“People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.”
“We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love”

Source : "'We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love'". Interview with Bryan Walsh, content.time.com. September 27, 2004.
“The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.”
“I think we need to do some deep soul searching about what's important in our lives and renew our spirit and our spiritual thinking, whether it's through faith-based religion or just through loving nature, or helping your fellow man.”
“If you paid your mortgage off, it means you probably did not manage your funds efficiently over the years,”
“If atheism spread, it would become a religion as intolerable as the ancient ones.”
“I'm coming up with new music, I'm in the best shape of my life, I'm real sharp, my energy is strong. I look at it as: I'm just following the energy. That's how I sum that up.”

Source : "Doug E. Fresh talks 'teach me how to dougie', Pharrell collabo" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. July 7, 2010.
“I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe.”

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