"How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity to wickedness of purpose)."

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Source : Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.80, Bloomsbury Publishing

Susanna Clarke

#Men Quotes #Evil Quotes #Stupidity Quotes

“Do you know that it is in your company that I have had my finest thoughts?”

Source : "The Elegance of the Hedgehog". Book by Muriel Barbery, August, 2006.
“It may be useful to remember that a peacetime political machine is built essentially on patronage.”

Source : David Galula (2006). “Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice”, p.47, Greenwood Publishing Group
“You find no difficulty in trusting the Lord with the management of the universe and all the outward creation, and can your case be any more complex or difficult than these, that you need to be anxious or troubled about His management of it?”

Source : Hannah Whitall Smith (2009). “The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life”, p.84, Moody Publishers
“The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.”

Source : "Author Taylor Branch". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. March 22, 2013.
“I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.”
“The Idea of Anti-imperialism is... to be considered on several grounds. First, it is traditionally pervasive in the United States, though given its most extreme form in anti-Western academe. Second, it is used as a negative label for any effort by the United States, or the West, to encourage liberties, to block fanaticisms, and to make aid dependent on positive economic policies. Those concerned with the future development of their countries, and of the world, cannot afford to let obsolete resentments distort their aims.”
“And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen”
“We talk to our guys all the time about the difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in something, you do it when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you do it all the time, even when you lost that feeling that you originally had when you you made the original commitment.”

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