“My concern with democracy is highly specific. It begins in observing the remarkable fact that, while democracy means a government accountable to… — Kenneth Minogue Copy Share Image
The "health, education, and welfare" section of government is another boondoggle. First we manufacture indigent and superfluous people by legal monopolies in… — Laurance Labadie Copy Share Image
“If you’re asking the schools to be the answer, you’re also asking a lot. If you take a kid from a bad… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“In combating cynicism, it helps to know its source. Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustated idealist –… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
“Public respect for politicians has long been declining, even as the population at large has been seduced into responding to each new… — Kenneth Minogue Copy Share Image
Give the money directly to people who work hard. Instead of taking the money from the business and then filtering it through… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Research on organised abuse emphasises the diversity of organised abuse cases, and the ways in which serious forms of child maltreatment cluster… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Three days after the fire, Mr. Schatzman wakes me from sleep to tell me that he and Mrs. Schatzman have figured out… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you this, when social workers offer you, free, gratis and for nothing, something to hinder you from swooning, which… — samuel beckett Copy Share Image
“Today, acknowledgement of the prevalence and harms of child sexual abuse is counterbalanced with cautionary tales about children and women who, under… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Though we were all taught to be proud of living in this great parliamentary democracy the civil servants who ran it were… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
I still have a suspicion of charity and think the state has a role to play in many areas. And although for… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
