"We consider ourselves to be free because no one in our society is allowed unlimited powerno leader, faction, party or 'class', no majority, no government, church, corporation, trade, or professional association or trade union. The secret of its freedom is that it is composed of a multitude of organisations in the constitution of the best of which is reproduced that diffusion of power which is characteristic of the whole."

-- Michael Joseph Oakeshott

#Party Quotes #Government Quotes #Class Quotes

“The dissolution of the trade unions was in the air then.”
“Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power.”
“I'm planning my most ambitious tattoo yet. You can never have enough tats.”
“One thing I've always been grateful for is the diversity of my listeners.”

Source : "Special guest Donnie Simpson, more on Pop Culture With Paul Farhi". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. February 2, 2010.
“I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.”
“Our children give us the opportunity to become the parents we always wished we'd had.”
“The truth isn't going to bend itself to suit you.”
“Manhattan is an accumulation of possible disasters that never happen.”

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