System Quotes

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When a woman reaches orgasm with a man she is only collaborating with the patriarchal system, eroticizing her own oppression — Sheila Jeffreys
Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government limited, unintrusive; a system of constraints on power to keep… — Ronald Reagan
The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own. — Edmund Burke
George Washington intended this to be a Federal city, and it is a Federal city, and it tingles down to the feet of every man,… — William Howard Taft
It is not the responsibility of the government or the legal system to protect a citizen from himself. — Casey Percell
No one truth is rightly held till it is clearly conceived and stated, and no single truth is adequately comprehended till it is viewed in… — A A Hodge
Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their losses...in effect, they tax you for their accidents, bungling, boondoggles,… — Ralph Nader
Democrats (I think to myself) are liberals who believe the people are basically good, but that they need government help to organize their lives. They… — Andy Rooney
This is the negation of God erected into a system of government. — William E. Gladstone
It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate for repressing the selfish undertakings of cliques formed on special… — William Graham Sumner
The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe, concealed from common observation yet...the centuries have established its Divine… — Isaac Newton
It's easy to cry 'bug' when the truth is that you've got a complex system and sometimes it takes a while to get all the… — Doug Vargas
An educational system isn't worth a great deal if it teaches young people how to make a living but doesn't teach them how to make… — David Suzuki
The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his own education — John W. Gardner
Even for high school students we expect some degree of forgiveness particularly for those students that have only been here a short period of time… — Roy Knight
The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight-of-hand that was ever invented. Banking was… — Josiah Charles Stamp
DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and… — Ambrose Bierce
When a woman reaches orgasm with a man she is only collaborating with the patriarchal system, eroticizing her own oppres — Sheila Jeffreys
Cultivate optimism by committing yourself to a cause, a plan or a value system. You'll feel that you are growing in a meaningful direction which… — G B Stern
Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected by a rigid system of taboos, else even half-wits would… — Henry Louis Mencken

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