"A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic."

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Source : "The Whitlam Government, 1972-1975". Book by Gough Whitlam, 1985.

Gough Whitlam

#Optimistic Quotes #Government Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“Spending one hour with Isaias is far more worthwhile, rewarding and enlightening than reading ten books”
“I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands.”
“If you're doing something, if you're following something that is directly at odds with who you are, you've got to slow down and ask yourself why you're following that dream.”
“These people [the Christians] watched the Flintstones as if it were a documentary.”
“Great poetry must be admired, because it is great and because it is poetry, and so we admire it.”
“I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that.”
“What we don't let out traps us. We think, No one else feels this way, I must be crazy. So we don't say anything. And we become enveloped by a deep loneliness, not knowing where our feelings come from or what to do with them. Why do I feel this way?”

Source : "Women of Courage: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived Them". Book by Katherine Martin (p. 268), 1999.
“I always think 12 times before saying anything.”

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