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Every country has the government it deserves. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#deserves #every #government

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#complain #desires #despotism #discontented #his

We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#aspect #being #beings #bound #chain

Pro basketball is a very mercenary endeavor. ↗

— Rick Majerus

#endeavor #mercenary #pro #very

It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics , to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family - and not shuffling it off on other people and the state. ↗

— John Major

#back #basics #consideration #core #core values

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less. ↗

— John Major

#less #little #more #needs #society

Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle. ↗

— John Major

#bottle #certainly #changes #democratic #east

'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. ↗

— John Major

#blunder #commercial #does #encourage #gets

If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future. ↗

— John Major

#delivers #economy #future #jobs #need

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government. ↗

— John Major

#ahead #always #areas #arts #back