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An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and
tortures the living.
.....Nicholas Chamfort (1741 - 1794)
Naturally, the common people don't want war, but after all, ti is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and
it is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or
a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy.
All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denouce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing
the country to danger. It works the same in every country.
.....Hermann Goering
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
.....Sir Winston Churchill
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
.....Mark Twain
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
.....Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy (1789)
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
.....Henry David Thoreau
Tomorrow's past is today's future. But what does the future hold?
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