"In progressive societies the concentration[of wealth] may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability in the few rich; then the unstable equilibrium generates a critical situation, which history has diversely met by legislation redistributing wealth or by revolution distributing poverty."

-- Will Durant

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“If everything is noted, all your emotional difficulties will disappear. When you feel happy, don't get involved in happiness. When you feel sad, don't get involved with it. Whatever comes, don't worry, just be aware of it.”
“Nobody has to tell nobody nothing,â€ I say, taking another step forward. â€œYou never were a poet, were you, Todd?â€ he says.”
“Best not to anticipate too much ... it jiggles the possibilities.”
“You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.”
“You know you're big when you sit in the bathtub and the water in the toilet rises.”
“I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman”

Source : "Unionist Politics and the Politics of Unionism Since the Anglo-Irish Agreement". Book by Feargal Cochrane, 1997.
“We do not want to merely â€œseeâ€ beauty. We want to be united with it, to receive it into ourselves, to become part of it.”
“No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.”

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