"The idea of defending, as integral parts of our Empire, countries 10,000 miles off, like Australia, which neither pay a shilling to our revenue...nor afford us any exclusive trade...is about as quixotic a specimen of national folly as was ever exhibited."

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Source : "Speeches on Questions of Public Policy by Richard Cobden M.P". Book edited by James E. Thorold Rogers, 1878.

Richard Cobden

#Country Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Australia Quotes

“I'll say this, I'm no stranger to working with a foreign cast, foreign directors, that sort of thing. I love it, because I think that when you have people from different countries, it sort of brings everyone together, it's more of a worldly film.”

Source : "Jaimie Alexander Talks THE LAST STAND, Training for the Role, Performing Her Own Stunts and THOR: THE DARK WORLD". Interview with Dave Trumbore, collider.com. January 15, 2013.
“On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.”

Source : Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1920). “Modes and Morals”
“Life is strange, but F1 is simply crazy.”
“I don't want to be lumped into any categories.”
“Profit is the sole criterion used by the establishment to evaluate economic activity. From the rat race to lame ducks. The vocabulary in vogue is a give-away. It's more reminiscent of a human menagerie than human society.”

Source : "Still irresistible, a working-class hero's finest speech". www.independent.co.uk. August 12, 2010.
“Even If I have two three days off, you still have to blow that horn. You have to keep up those chops... I have to warm up everyday for at least an hour.”
“Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history.”

Source : Fernand Braudel (1982). “Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: The perspective of the world”, p.132, Univ of California Press
“If everyone in America agreed that 80 percent of their contributions for House, Senate, and president could only come from people making contributions of $100 or less, we'd have a pretty darn good system. The influence of money would be gone.”

Source : "Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), political roundtable". "Meet the Press", www.nbcnews.com.

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