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A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society sh

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. – George Osborne

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Of all the public services, education is the one Im most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and its morally right. – George Osborne

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Education
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George Osborne
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I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics. – George Osborne

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Politics
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Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts. – George Osborne

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Society
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Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Society

After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society. – Eliot Spitzer

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Society

Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight. – Naomi Wolf

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Society

It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for ends whose relative importance only those individuals know. – Friedrich August von Hayek

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Society

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Politics isnt just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it. – Sarah Palin

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Politics

I have never, not once, violated my public trust. – Alan Mollohan

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Trust

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. – Rudyard Kipling

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Kindness

Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes. – Jonathan Sacks

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Science