“Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Though, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.”
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Charles Kennedy2
British politician 1959–2015Related quotes
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Slays
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest
Man's Place in Nature https://archive.org/stream/MansPlaceInNature/Mans_Place_in_Nature#page/n101/mode/2up (1966), p. 100
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000)
“We are taught to read but not trained to think”
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President and the second President of India
Kalki : or The Future of Civilization (1929)
Context: Democracy has become confused with ignorance, lack of discipline, and low tastes … Though educational facilities are within the reach of large numbers, the level of culture is not high. It has become more easy to get into a college and more difficult to get educated. We are taught to read but not trained to think … Those who know better are afraid to speak out but keep step with the average mind. Uncivilized mass-impulses, crowd emotions and class-resentments have taken the place of authority and tradition.
Kim Jong-il book On the Juche Idea
On the Juche Idea, treatise submitted to the National Seminar on the Juche Idea (31 March 1982)
“This was a killer. Quite possibly a soldier, though Lilo was not expert in mental diseases.”
John Varley book The Ophiuchi Hotline
Source: The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977), Chapter 2 (p. 23)
John Major (1943) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Michael White, "Major's ultimate gamble", Guardian, 23 June 1995.
Statement in the garden of 10 Downing Street announcing his resignation as Conservative Party leader in order to seek re-election, 22 June 1995.
1990s, 1995
