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At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship. ↗

— Lucy Powell

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The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

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The basic parts, the start-up molecules, can be supplied in abundance and don't have to be made by some elaborate process. That immediately makes things simpler. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

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When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame. ↗

— Dan Quayle

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Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated. ↗

— Paul Rand

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After years of making wrong decisions in my life, in 1977 I found out that it was all right to be square, simple, and sober. ↗

— Martha Reeves

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At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security. ↗

— Jodi Rell

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Emphasis was usually put on the horizontal acceleration factor, for the simple reason that ordinary structures have a built-in safety factor for the vertical component; that is, gravity. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. ↗

— George Eliot

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The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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