#cons

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#any #call #claim #consequently #country

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. ↗

— George Orwell

#constantly #good #good prose #like #nothing

I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment. ↗

— George Osborne

#believe #commitment #conservatives #gay #gay marriage

I'm a Conservative who believes in lower taxes. They lead to a more enterprising economy. But I'm not somebody who believes you can fund lower taxes by borrowing more money. ↗

— George Osborne

#borrowing #conservative #economy #enterprising #fund

The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855. ↗

— George Osborne

#better #conservative #conservative party #like #man

The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on. ↗

— George Osborne

#conservative party #get #hard #modern #party

Well can I just say unlike my predecessors, Conservative and Labour, I have set up an independent body that studies whether what I'm saying is true, whether I've met the targets that I set out. ↗

— George Osborne

#conservative #i #independent #just #labour

In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea. ↗

— John Osborne

#considered #london #love #scandal #tea

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition. ↗

— William Osler

#best #constituted #content #even #fragments

I don't remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#away #because #by the time #close #college