Quotes Flashcards

1
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A

many horrors and misfortunes

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2
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Tony Benn

A

the politics of Robin Hood

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3
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Marx

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from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs

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4
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Beatrice Webb

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chaotic, inefficient, and counter-productive

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5
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Beatrice Webb (2)

A

the inevitability of gradualism

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6
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Peter Mandelson

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filthy stinking rich

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7
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Edmund Burke

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A state without the means of change…is without the means if its conservation

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8
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French Revolution

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Liberte, egalite, fraternite

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9
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Hobbes

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nasty, brutish, and short

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10
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Michael Oakeshott

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the familiar to the unknown, the actual to the possible

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11
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Michael Oakeshott (2)

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noisy, foolish, and flawed

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12
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Robert Nozick

A

freedom-loving pack animals

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13
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Edmund Burke (2)

A

a partnership between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are yet to be born

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14
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Ayn Rand

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when the state becomes flabby, it also becomes feeble

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15
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Robert Peel

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without stability there can be no liberty

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16
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Disraeli

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elevate the condition of the people

17
Q

Disraeli (2)

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the palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy

18
Q

Irving Kristol

A

a liberal mugged by reality

19
Q

Ayn Rand (2)

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the small state is the strong state

20
Q

Robert Nozick (2)

A

tax, for the most part, is theft