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The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#collective #demographic #economic #economic growth #futures

These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#days #enough #groups #guided #individual

We believe, in fact, that the one act of respect has little force unless matched by the other - in balance with it... The acting out of that dual respect I would name as precisely the source of our power. ↗

— Barbara Deming

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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible. ↗

— Barbara Deming

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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. ↗

— Demosthenes

#enemy #every #freedom #law #opponent

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states. ↗

— Demosthenes

#despots #free #never #safe #states

I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that. ↗

— Patrick Dempsey

#called #competition #did #dinner #golden

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back. ↗

— Patrick Dempsey

#california #grown #headed #i #important

One day my 3-year-old daughter said 'Your very handsome, Poppy.' That was the best compliment ever. ↗

— Patrick Dempsey

#compliment #daughter #day #ever #handsome

What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans and Cuba, I mean, they had ferries that would go from one port to another. ↗

— Ruben Blades

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