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Criticism1 quote
Long experience has taught me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong. — Anthony Eden · 1956Criticism from others1 quote
Long experience has taught me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong. — Anthony Eden · 1956Democracy1 quote
We are not the masters. The people are the masters. We are the servants of the people... What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away. — Tony Blair · 1997Elections1 quote
We are not the masters. The people are the masters. We are the servants of the people... What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away. — Tony Blair · 1997Fashion1 quote
Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas. — Bruce Oldfield · 1989Moral progress1 quote
More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice. — R.S. Surtees · 1846Persuasion1 quote
More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice. — R.S. Surtees · 1846Political theory1 quote
We are not the masters. The people are the masters. We are the servants of the people... What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away. — Tony Blair · 1997Politics1 quote
We are not the masters. The people are the masters. We are the servants of the people... What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away. — Tony Blair · 1997Princess Diana1 quote
She was the People's Princess, and that is how she will stay... In our hearts and in our memories forever. — Tony Blair · 1997Relentlessness of time1 quote
Time, you old gipsy man,
Will you not stay,
Put up your caravan
Just for one day? — Ralph Hodgson · 1917September 11th1 quote
This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism. We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world. — Tony Blair · 2001The Royal Family1 quote
She was the People's Princess, and that is how she will stay... In our hearts and in our memories forever. — Tony Blair · 1997Time1 quote
Time, you old gipsy man,
Will you not stay,
Put up your caravan
Just for one day? — Ralph Hodgson · 1917War on Terrorism1 quote
This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism. We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world. — Tony Blair · 2001