"If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if……" — Bernard Levin
"If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize."
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11 Quotes by Bernard Levin
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Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why,…
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In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are…
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No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.
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The Stag at Bay with the mentality of a fox at large.
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Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of…
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I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the…
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The less the power, the greater the desire to exercise it.
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Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.
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Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British…
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What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain…
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