“The more chaotic the world, the greater the need for ritual.”
Robert Lynn Asprin (1946–2008) American science fiction and fantasy author
Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 7 (p. 156)
Source: 1980 to Roy Jenkins < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHk9zoG6PXw
“The more chaotic the world, the greater the need for ritual.”
Robert Lynn Asprin (1946–2008) American science fiction and fantasy author
Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 7 (p. 156)
Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832) French economist and businessman
Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter I, p. 391 (See also: Say's Law)
“There is no greater nobility than offering one’s life to the nation”
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Remarks by President Obama and President Aquino III of the Philippines during a State Dinner at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines on April 28, 2014 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/28/remarks-president-obama-and-president-aquino-iii-philippines-state-dinne <br class="br">2014 <br class="br">Context: There is no greater nobility than offering one’s life to the nation and, Mr. President, your father offered his life so that this nation might be free.
Michael Parenti (1933) American academic
Source: Democracy for the Few (2010 [1974]), sixth edition, Chapter 7, p. 118
“Today, we need greater financial intelligence to simply survive.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation.”
George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States
1790s, Farewell Address (1796)
“Defeating the infidels requires a much greater effort. It requires the mobilization of the nation.”
Muhammad Al-Munajjid (1960) lecturer
Source: http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=36 The big explosion will come] April 2004.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
1950s, Address at the Philadelphia Convention Hall (1956)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1960s, I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)
Context: Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation. And I want to thank God, once more, for allowing me to be here with you.