Assistemp Quotes & Sayings

Why do the Fascists want violence?" Ethel asked rhetorically. "Those out there in Hills Road may be mere hooligans, but someone is directing them, and their tactics have a purpose. When there is fighting in the streets, they can claim that public order has broken down, and drastic measures are needed to restore the rule of law. Those emergency measures will include banning democratic political parties such as Labour, prohibiting trade union action, and jailing people without trial - people such as us, peaceful men and women whose only crime is to disagree with the government. Does this sound fantastic to you, unlikely, something that could never happen? Well, they used exactly those tactics in Germany - and it worked." She went on to talk about how Fascism — Ken Follett

No point writing when the spirit doth not lead. — Allen Ginsberg

Drink won his sword, meet with my hammer. That's more than my demon can object. — George R R Martin

A farmer cannot think too much evil of a good farmer. — John Steinbeck

'Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority. — Laurance Labadie

People ask me all the time would I like to still be playing? No. I'm glad I played when I played. — Terry Bradshaw

There is a close logical connection between the concept of a safety margin and the principle of diversification. — Benjamin Graham

The gasoline flowing through the pump made a high pitched sound, as if the screaming of my family was still dissolved in it [p.181]. — Chris Cleave

The cross is suffering with Christ. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain. — Buffalo Bill

Whether a person is physically in front of you or not, the love remains. — Kate Jacobs

If our system of cabinet government is to work effectively, the prime minister of the day must appoint ministers he or she trusts and then leave them to carry out that policy. — Nigel Lawson

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness. — Thomas Huxley