"That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does it?"

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Source : John Osborne (2013). “Look Back in Anger”, p.98, Faber & Faber

John Osborne

#Voice Quotes #Doe Quotes #Cry Quotes

“How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?”
“We and our allies owe and acknowledge an ever-lasting debt of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union.”
“Appeal must be to an informed, civically militant electorate.”
“The only time the word baby doesn't scare me is the time that it should, when it is what a man calls me.”
“My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.”
“People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.”
“People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it.”
“When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower.”

Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.46, Delphi Classics

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