“The combination of the Liberal and Labour Parties is much stronger than the Liberal Party would be if there were no third Party in existence. Many men who would in that case have voted for us voted on this occasion as the Labour Party told them i.e. for the Liberals. The Labour Party has "come to stay"...the existence of the third Party deprives us of the full benefits of the 'swing of the pendulum', introduces a new element into politics and confronts us with a new difficulty.” IfsMenWould BePartyExistenceCasesElementsBenefitsThirdsDifficultyStrongerOccasionsCombinationLabourSwingsIntroducingLabour PartyPendulumsThird PartiesLiberal Party Author:Austen Chamberlain
“I want everyone to keep the property that he has acquired for himself according to the principle: benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual. But the state should retain supervision and each property owner should consider himself appointed by the state. It is his duty not to use his property against the interests of others among his own people. This is the crucial matter. The Third Reich will always retain its right to control the owners of property.” PeopleWantShouldMatterStatesPhilosophyUsePoliticalIndividualInterestCommunityPrinciplesDutyBenefitsThirdsPropertyClassicOwnersCrucialPolitical PhilosophySupervision Author:Adolf Hitler
“The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.” ArtTwoGovernmentNationsPayBenefitsThirds Author:Voltaire
“When the average Social Security benefit is $1328 a month, and more than one-third of our senior citizens rely on Social Security for Virtually all of their income, our job is to expand benefits, not cut them.” JobsSocialCuttingSecurityMonthsCitizensBenefitsThirdsAverageIncomeRelySeniorSocial SecuritySenior Citizen Author:Bernie Sanders
“I forgive. First, because I've been forgiven by God. Second, unforgiveness makes me miserable. And third, I'm going to need more forgiveness in the future. So we don't forgive for their benefit. We actually forgive for ours.” NeedsFirstsBenefitsThirdsForgivingMiserableForgiven Author:Rick Warren
“What in the world had Grover Cleveland done? Will you tell me? You give it up? I have been looking for six weeks for a Democrat who could tell me what Cleveland has done for the good of his country and for the benefit of the people, but I have not found him.... He says himself...that two-thirds of his time has been uselessly spent with Democrats who want office.... Now he has been so occupied in that way that he has not done anything else.” PeopleWorldWayWantGivingHas BeensTwoCountryDoneFoundWeekOfficeSixBenefitsThirdsDemocratClevelandGrover Author:William McKinley
“Our immigration policy is focussed in four areas: First, strengthening border control; second, protecting American jobs by enforcing laws against illegal immigrants at the workplace; third, deporting criminal and deportable aliens; fourth, giving assistance to states who need it, and denying illegal aliens benefits for public services or welfare.” NeedsGivingFirstsStatesJobsLawFourPolicyBenefitsAreasThirdsCriminalsImmigrationAliensWelfareBordersImmigrantsIllegalFourthWorkplaceAssistancePublic ServiceStrengtheningIllegal ImmigrantsIllegal AliensImmigration PolicyAmerican JobsBorder Control Author:William J. Clinton