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What we have at present is a system of loss socialism. Whatever goes wrong is shouldered by the general public and anything that works is privatised. Worshippers of market freedom have suspended the most important economic principle: Risk and liability go hand in hand. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#economic #freedom #general #general public #go

I think that you get the mood of a song stronger if you get it right that way. On the other hand, you put some songs out live and they don't catch flight. They just flop. It is hard to tell until they are out there. ↗

— Peter Gabriel

#flight #flop #get #hand #hard

We will fight against any pro-nuclear power plan. And we will remind people that a change in the German nuclear consensus would stifle the development of sustainable energy and it would cost jobs. The SPD is the strongest among the opposition parties and we must take on this role with vigour. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#among #any #change #consensus #cost

I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#awhile #could #devoted #family #forgot

Too many countries that do not play by the free trade rules of the World Trade Organization - including, notably mercantilist China and monopolist Saudi Arabia - have been allowed in, to the detriment of both the WTO and the liberal trading environment it is supposed to sponsor. ↗

— Frank Gaffney

#arabia #been #both #china #countries

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#crowds #front #horrible #huge #i

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#characteristic #common #confront #else #essence

In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#any #far #great #great organization #majority

The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#charter #charter schools #florida #gained #improved

President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness. ↗

— Elton Gallegly

#base #belief #economic #gave #gifts