Desperate Quote by Charles Mackay

As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this.

— George Mason

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

— Ulysses S. Grant

We may gamble on outsmarting the law; we may even gamble on the leniency of man and the mercy of God-but no man ever…

— Sidney Greenberg

Gambling operates under the premise that greed can be satisfied by luck.

— Rita Mae Brown

In permitting gambling enterprises to flourish in the United States and abroad, the United States undermines global socio-economic stability in contravention of its international…

— John Warren Kindt

A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise.

— Daniel Kahneman

Gambling has held human beings in thrall for millennia. It has been engaged in everywhere, from the dregs of society to the most respectable…

— Peter L. Bernstein

There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.

— Benjamin Disraeli

The lightning spread of 'Western-style' gambling overseas has increased the problems of addicted and problem gamblers, organized crime and alleged corruption in Asia and…

— John Warren Kindt

When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens

— John Warren Kindt

Actually, they should just roll it all back get rid of gambling...It destabilizes the U.S. economy

— John Warren Kindt

Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature.

— Edmund Burke