Wladyslaw Bartoszewski Quotes
Many people expect, just as they did then, "those at the top" to make all their decisions for them: Please get us work, and take care of our rent. These people vote for those who shout the loudest and deliver promises that are ultimately impossible to fulfill.
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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People regard the same things, some as just and others as unjust, - about these they dispute; and so there arise wars and fightings among them.
Plato
Many people expect, just as they did then, "those at the top" to make all their decisions for them: Please get us work, and take care of our rent. These people vote for those who shout the loudest and deliver promises that are ultimately impossible to fulfill.
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski
