"There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience."

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“All my moves were designed to promote the happiness and wellbeing of my family, rather than fame.”

“We are the masters at the moment and shall be for some considerable time.”

“Let us not foist this humbug on the world.”

“I feel that I've had a happy life, not a very useful life, but a happy one.”

“I know that in my public life I fell below the standards that I had set myself... I have seen what is wrong but not done enough to put it right. I have been more critical than correct. I have had opportunities of great positions in the service of the state, but I have put them aside. I know that I have not devoted myself enough to promoting the good of others.”

“Getting up and criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time. Especially as you know in your heart that you would be doing more or less the same thing if you were in his place.”

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Entertainment1968

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— Russell Brand

Entertainment1975

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