"When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: â€˜Yes, stand a little less between me and the sun.â€™ It is what every citizen is entitled to ask of his government."

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Source : Henry Hazlitt (2010). “Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics”, p.228, Crown Business

Henry Hazlitt

#Government Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Multiculturalism is social poison. Toleration of intolerance isn't sophistication. It's suicide.”
“Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.”
“My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were genius in knowing that's as much as a listener can take.”
“With opportunity the world is very interesting.”
“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.”
“Observation and study are necessary to achieve mastery of light and form”
“We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.”
“Roman Polanski is a man who cares deeply about his art and its place in this world. What happened to him on his incredible path is filled with tragedy, and most men would have collapsed. Instead, he became a great artist and continues to make great films.”

Source : "Polanski has served his time and must be freed" by Harvey Weinstein, www.independent.co.uk. September 28, 2009.

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