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“Greens are not expected to be anything but nice.”

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David Lange, a former Prime Minister of New Zealand, was born on August 4, 1942, and passed away on August 13, 2005. He served as the Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, known for his anti-nuclear policy. more

“Lange was hosting a reception at Vogel House for the Chinese politician Hu Yao Bang when the lights went out. Lange immediately asked all the guests to raise their hands because "many hands make light work." The audience complied, and to their amazement the lights immediately came back on. Lange was invited to visit China.”

Hands Light House Audience Politician Raises China Chinese Guests Invited Bangs Amazement Reception Many Hands

Author:David Lange

“On a trip to Germany, Lange and his entourage were climbing the tower of an ancient castle when they stopped to catch their breath. "How old is this ruin?" someone asked a guide. "Forty-two years," said Lange.”

Years Said Two Breaths Ancient Guides Ruins Germany Forty Two Years Climbing Towers Castles Entourage

Author:David Lange

“In this science the illustrations and examples are not confined in their effect merely to the practice they afford in the analytical art, but [...] they also store the mind with independent geometrical and physical knowledge. Besides, it should be considered, that the only effectual method of impressing abstract formulae and rules upon the memory, and, indeed, of making them fully and clearly apprehended by the understanding, is by examples of their practical application.”

Should Mind Art Understanding Memories Practice Effects Example Independent Method Stores Practicals Abstract Application Impress Confined Illustration

Author:Dionysius Lardner

“I resolved that no revolutionary movement was going to be brought into being in the USA unless I brought it into being.”

Movement Revolutionary Usa

Author:Lyndon LaRouche

“Superstition is the poetry of life.”

Life Literature Superstitions

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The ruling British elite are like animals--not only in their morality, but in their outlook on knowledge. They are clever animals, who are masters of the wicked nature of their own species, and recognize ferally the distinctions of the hated human species. Nonetheless, obsessively dedicated to being such animals, they can not [sic] assimilate those qualities unique to true human beings.”

Source: The Secrets Known Only To The Inner Elites

“The presently existing global financial and monetary system will disintegrate during the near term. The collapse might occur this spring, or summer, or next autumn; it could come next year; it will almost certainly occur during President William Clinton's first term in office; it will occur soon. That collapse into disintegration is inevitable, because it could not be stopped now by anything but the politically improbable decision by leading governments to put the relevant financial and monetary institutions into bankruptcy reorganization.”

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