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Quote by Israel Meir Kagan

“The world says that time is money, but I say that money is time. In order to earn enough money to satisfy his desires, one must sacrifice inordinate amounts of time. For me, that sacrifice is too great.”

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Israel Meir Kagan

Israel Meir Kagan, born on February 6, 1838, and died on September 15, 1933, was a prominent rabbi in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a key figure in the Reform movement of Judaism and made significant contributions to Jewish law and education, influencing the movement and society at large. more

“We live in a quick-fix society where we need instant gratification for everything. Too fat? Get lipo-sucked. Stringy hair? Glue on extensions. Wrinkles and lines? Head to the beauty shop for a pot of the latest miracle skin stuff. It's all a beautiful £1 billion con foisted upon insecure women by canny cosmetic conglomerates.”

Needs Beautiful Stuff Lines Hair Skins Miracle Billions Fats Instant Shops Pounds Pot Extensions Insecure Gratification Wrinkles Cosmetics Glue Instant Gratification Quick Fixes Beauty Shop

Author:Joan Collins

“When over long periods of human history I scrutinized the activity of the Jewish people, suddenly there arose up in me the fearful question whether inscrutable Destiny, perhaps for reasons unknown to us poor mortals, did not, with eternal and immutable resolve, desire the final victory of this little nation.”

People Humans Littles Long Reason Desire Nations Poor Destiny Victory Periods Activity Eternal Finals Mortals Resolve Fearful Judaism Human History Inscrutable

Book:Mein Kampf

Source: Mein Kampf

“The Ten Commandments have lost their validity...Conscience is a Jewish invention. It is a blemish like circumcision.”

Lost Ten Conscience Invention Commandments Judaism Validity Ten Commandments Circumcision

Author:Adolf Hitler

“[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.”

Law Certain Names Community Liberty Members Deserve Universal Operations

Book:Letters

Source: Letters

“The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy.”

Law Nations Enjoy Rights Policy Ought Equal Advantage Prejudice Privilege Protection Favors Oppression Entitled Mistaken Rights And Privileges

Book:The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published

Source: The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published

“I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It is the stale artifice which has duped the world a thousand times, and yet, though detected, it is still successful. I love liberty as well as anybody. I am proud of it, as the true title of our people to distinction above others; but . . . I would guard it by making the laws strong enough to protect it.”