"Every possible effort should be made to stop recruiting for the Armed Forces. This may, and probably would, lead to some form of conscription being proposed or introduced. Thus would be provided a most favourable political platform upon which to fight the National Government."

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Source : "Your Alternative Government" by Talus, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (p. 36), 1945.

Stafford Cripps

#Fighting Quotes #Government Quotes #Effort Quotes

“To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They poison the air, they make art impossible. It is not drama that they play, but pieces for the theatre. We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air; the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.”
“Everything I do has the tinge of the finite, of my own demise. At some point you either accept death or you just keep pushing it back as you get older and older. I've accepted it.”
“Wicked companions invite us to hell.”
“The awful mysteries of the Christian faith and worship were concealed from the eyes of strangers, and even of catechumens, with an affected secrecy, which served to excite their wonder and curiosity.”
“I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble.”
“She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another.”

Source : James M. Cain (2010). “Mildred Pierce”, p.23, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“I once had a crush on one of my teachers. I wrote him a love letter and stuck it in a bag in his office. I didn't write my name on it, but I'm sure he figured out it was me.”
“It is one thing to believe in justification by faith, it is another thing to be justified by faith.”

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