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You make men love their government and their country by giving them the kind of government and the kind of country that inspire respect and love; a country that is free and unafraid, that lets the discontented talk in order to learn the causes of their discontent and end those causes, that refuses to impel men to spy on their neighbors, that protects its citizens vigorously from harmful acts while it leaves the remedies for objectionable ideas to counter-argument and time. – Zechariah Chafee, Jr.	added by Normando 4 days ago
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better. – Florence Nightingale	added by regnumveritatis 5 years ago
[A]s all history informs us, there has been in every State & Kingdom a constant kind of warfare between the governing & governed: the one striving to obtain more for its support, and the other to pay less. And this has alone occasioned great convulsions, actual civil wars, ending either in dethroning of the Princes, or enslaving of the people. Generally indeed the ruling power carries its point, the revenues of princes constantly increasing, and we see that they are never satisfied, but always in want of more. The more the people are discontented with the oppression of taxes; the greater need the prince has of money to distribute among his partisans and pay the troops that are to suppress all resistance, and enable him to plunder at pleasure. There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharaoh, get first all the peoples money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants for ever ... – Benjamin Franklin	added by Normando 5 years ago
Not everyone will be pleased but I am sure that in the long-term this will be better, because it doesn't matter if some are discontented, no one can be completely satisfied, but the change will be very positive. – President Juan Manuel Santos	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man. – Joseph de Maistre	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest. – William O. Douglas	added by anonymous 10 years ago
To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long. – Marlene Dietrich	added by anonymous 11 years ago

You make men love their government and their country by giving them the kind of government and the kind of country that inspire respect and love; a country that is free and unafraid, that lets the discontented talk in order to learn the causes of their discontent and end those causes, that refuses to impel men to spy on their neighbors, that protects its citizens vigorously from harmful acts while it leaves the remedies for objectionable ideas to counter-argument and time.

– Zechariah Chafee, Jr.

added by Normando
4 days ago

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

– Florence Nightingale

added by regnumveritatis
5 years ago

[A]s all history informs us, there has been in every State & Kingdom a constant kind of warfare between the governing & governed: the one striving to obtain more for its support, and the other to pay less. And this has alone occasioned great convulsions, actual civil wars, ending either in dethroning of the Princes, or enslaving of the people. Generally indeed the ruling power carries its point, the revenues of princes constantly increasing, and we see that they are never satisfied, but always in want of more. The more the people are discontented with the oppression of taxes; the greater need the prince has of money to distribute among his partisans and pay the troops that are to suppress all resistance, and enable him to plunder at pleasure. There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharaoh, get first all the peoples money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants for ever ...

– Benjamin Franklin

added by Normando
5 years ago

Not everyone will be pleased but I am sure that in the long-term this will be better, because it doesn't matter if some are discontented, no one can be completely satisfied, but the change will be very positive.

– President Juan Manuel Santos

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.

– Joseph de Maistre

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.

– William O. Douglas

added by anonymous
10 years ago

To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.

– Marlene Dietrich

added by anonymous
11 years ago

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