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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

I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#creep #enough #flesh #i #know

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#confined #everything #humdrum #labored #limited

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

I am a big barbecue-sauce guy. ↗

— Rick Majerus

#big #guy #i #i am

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

I really never look at my health issues as 'Woe is me.' I've seen the reality of that. And it's not a pleasant thing. ↗

— Rick Majerus

#i #issues #look #me #never

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