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The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#consider #correction #delinquent #divine #duty

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

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#civilization #exists #found #wherever

I am kind of the guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town. ↗

— Rick Majerus

#driving #expect #guy #i #i am

'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

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't. ↗

— John Major

#before #conservative #could #different #i

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

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

#authentic #back #conservative #conventional #course

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete. ↗

— John Major

#compete #concerns #effectiveness #europe #i