"Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy."

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Lord Acton

#Self Quotes #Political Quotes #Denial Quotes

“I believe it is impossible to make sense of life in this world except through art.”
“Ideas bubble differently when we're forced to inquire about the obvious.”
“Live in the Acts of the Apostles, and every day you will see some miracle worked by the power of the living God.”
“No circumstance would prevent over-population so effectually as a general raising of the customary standard of comfort among the poorer classes. If they had accustomed themselves to a more comfortable style of living, they would use every effort not again to sink below it.”
“I don't know if vocally I am so great.”

Source : "I felt the song was mine" by Viv Groskop, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2006.
“I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or retired general officers filling political, civilian positions.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.”
“I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in.”

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