If you don't believe
in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good.
Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.
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Atheism
The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like
it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political
fact.
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Change
We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for
the divine right of experts.
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Experts
It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a
young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old
fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
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Fools And Foolishness
Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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Funerals
Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance;
beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.
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Marxism
Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.
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Negotiation
As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas.
Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the
original ideas is sound.
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Politicians And Politics
Harold Macmillan
1894-1986, British Conservative Politician, Prime Minister |
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