“Ordinary imperfect people, always choose similarly imperfect people as friends.”
Haruki Murakami book Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
“Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.”
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (13 October 1989) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=107789 <br class="br">Third term as Prime Minister <br class="br">Context: Imagine a Labour canvasser talking on the doorstep to those East German families when they settle in, on freedom's side of the wall. "You want to keep more of the money you earn? I'm afraid that's very selfish. We shall want to tax that away. You want to own shares in your firm? We can't have that. The state has to own your firm. You want to choose where to send your children to school? That's very divisive. You'll send your child where we tell you." Mr President, the trouble with Labour is that they're just not at home with freedom. Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.
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“You really can’t choose the people you’re going to like.”
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Source: A Mask for the General (1987), Chapter 11 (p. 191)