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"We have nothing to fear but fear itself" - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Speaking in 1933 he was referring to the Great Depression. Strikes a note for the UK economy today!
Full extract, "First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
Speaking in 1933 he was referring to the Great Depression. Strikes a note for the UK economy today!
Full extract, "First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
"Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it."
...or anything from Eric Arthur Blair.
"Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it."
...or anything from Eric Arthur Blair.
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