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Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little les

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less. – John Major

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I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. – John Major

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respect
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John Major
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I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs. – John Major

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Trouble, Troubles
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John Major
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Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot. – John Major

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Politics
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John Major
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You shouldnt get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious. – Kathleen Turner

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Society
[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely. – Will and Ariel Durant, Lessons of History

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Society

If you ask an economist whats driven economic growth, its been major advances in things that mattered – the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that. – Larry Page

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Society

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists. – Larry Niven

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Society

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Take a man out of the trenches, make him a straw boss, and he develops a belly. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way thats going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations. – George Carey

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Hope

What is told in the ear of a man is often heard 100 miles away. – Chinese Proverb

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October is the month for painted leaves…. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight. – Henry David Thoreau, “Autumnal Tints”

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October