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“Hilda and I slept alongside each other fully dressed, head to feet.”

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Stanley Spencer was an English painter known for his works depicting rural life and religious themes. His unique style and vibrant colors have won him widespread acclaim. more

“When I compare life to a dream I do not mean to denigrate it as some sort of meaningless fantasy. Life is too wonderful to be called an "illusion" unless we whisper the word in amazement, as we might when witnessing the most astonishing magic trick. What could be more magnificent than this glorious universe, in all its multifarious extravagance? Its awesome vastness and delicate detail. Its impersonal precision and intimate intensity. Its harsh necessities and lush sensuality. This dream of life is truly marvelous.”

“Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.”

Government Democracy Stage Boxes Jury Ballots

Author:Ambrose Bierce

“...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it.”

Seems Government Logical Entity

Author:David Rockefeller

“The Establishment decided Thatcher's ideas were safer with a strong Blair government than with a weak Major government. We are given all these personalities to choose between to disguise the fact that the policies are the same.”

Ideas Facts Government Strong Given Policy Personality Majors Weak Decided Establishment Disguise Blair

Author:Tony Benn

“The constitution has broken down. We have no enemies except the ones we select and direct towards the nearest nuclear bombs. They need an enemy to provoke, a diversion. This is the mentality of tenth-rate people who are in politics because corporate America likes them. They are malleable. They give them contracts to build missile shields that will never work. It's deeply corrupt.”

“Muddy language is not confined to policies alone. Each of you has seen replies to simple questions in which the meaning was lost through hopelessly obscure wording. When a person writes to the Veterans Administration, he is entitled to an easily understood, frank, and courteous reply. If our replies cannot be understood, they are not only not worth writing, but they simply create additional work.”

Ifs Writing Persons Government Lost Language Simple Policy Understood Administration Frank Entitled Obscure Veteran Confined Muddy Courteous Wording

Author:Omar N. Bradley

“A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government.”

May Government Practice Theory Ill Phrases Execution Bad Government

Book:Commentaries on the Constitution of the Un. States: With a Prelim. Review of the Constitut. History of the Colonies and States, Bef. the Adoption of the Constitution

Source: Commentaries on the Constitution of the Un. States: With a Prelim. Review of the Constitut. History of the Colonies and States, Bef. the Adoption of the Constitution

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