“The question we must all ask ourselves is how Mr. Benn was able to come within striking distance of the very heart of our economic life in the first place… an important part of the answer must be that our industry, economic life and society have been so debilitated by 30 years of Socialistic fashions that their very weakness tempts further inroads. The path to Benn is paved with 30 years of interventions: 30 years of good intentions: 30 years of disappointments. These have led the collectivists to say that we are failing only because we are taking half measures. The reality is that for 30 years the private sector of our economy has been forced to work with one hand tied behind its back by government and unions. Socialist measures and Socialist legacies have weakened free enterprise.”

— Keith Joseph

Speech in Upminster http://www.margaretthatcher.org/archive/displaydocument.asp?docid=110604 (22 June 1974)
1970s

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British barrister and politician 1918–1994

Brian G. Marsden (1937–2010) British astronomer

On initial reports that Asteroid 1997 XF<sub>11</sub> could be on a trajectory to hit the Earth in 2028; as quoted in "Man in the News; A Cheery Herald of Fear: Brian Geoffrey Marsden" in The New York Times (13 March 1998) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E2D91F30F930A25750C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all.

“We are simply reverting to what we followed – a moderate Islam open to the world and all religions. 70% of the Saudis are younger than 30, honestly we won’t waste 30 years of our life combating extremist thoughts, we will destroy them now and immediately.”

Mohammad bin Salman (1985) Saudi crown prince and minister of defense

2017-10-14 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/24/i-will-return-saudi-arabia-moderate-islam-crown-prince

“In the years that some of my colleagues have served — 20, 30 years — they’ve never seen it like this.”

Gabrielle Giffords (1970) American politician

Discussing being "targeted" by Sarah Palin, in March 2010 interview with MSNBC — Newsweek, Can Obama Turn Tragedy Into Triumph?, Jonathan Alter, January 10, 2011, 2011-01-10, Harman Newsweek LLC http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/10/the-impact-on-obama-s-presidency.html,

“I am very proud to have worked with the BBC for 30 years. I had hoped to continue to work for the corporation but that is no longer possible.”

Mark Tully (1935) British journalist

Source: Peter Victor, " Tully quits BBC http://www.independent.co.uk/news/tully-quits-bbc-1412865.html," The Independent, 10 July 1994

“I haven't filed a tax return in 30 years.”

Kent Hovind (1953) American young Earth creationist

As quoted by Seth Scheisel, "Your Own Affair, More (VCR) or Less (MP3)", New York Times, (Oct 2, 2003)

“So you do need to make a plan for the next three or 30 years, but also the next 300 or 3,000 years.”

Brunello Cucinelli (1953) Italian entrepreneur and philanthropist

Source: Brunello Cucinelli on humble beginnings, Ancient Greek inspiration and his new Project for Beauty https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/womens-style/brunello-cucinelli-project-beauty/amp/ Bethan Holt, The Telegraph, 10 SEPTEMBER 2018

“Our focus on discrimination against women during the past 30 years has blinded us to opportunities for women.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

Source: Why Men Earn More (2005), p. xxiv.

“How could this great land of plenty produce too few people in the last 30 years?”

Zell Miller (1932–2018) Politician and United States Marine Corps officer

Miller asked in March 2007 during a fund-raiser in Macon, Georgia, for Sav-A-Life Care Center, a crisis pregnancy center. Sav A Life Care Center > Home http://www.salmacon.com/

“This is an existential conflict. It is the kind of conflict that's going to drive our policy and our government for the next 20 or 30 or 40 years. We have to prevail and we have to have the stomach for the fight long term.”

Dick Cheney (1941) American politician and businessman

On Fox News Sunday http://web.archive.org/web/20070114221322/http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/14/US.iraq.ap/index.html responding to the opposition against sending 21,500 more troops to Iraq (January 14, 2007)
2000s, 2007

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”

Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist

Interview in Playboy magazine (November 1975)

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