Social democrats are characteristically modest - a political quality whose virtues are overestimated. We need to apologise a little less for our shortcomings and speak more assertively of achievements. That these were always incomplete should not trouble us.
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Related No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need p... ERIC HOFFER We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be... MELODY BEATTIE The modest success of the strike should prompt everyone to work for more collaboration between the c... ROBERTO MARONI It's a problem that Republicans and Democrats alike need to solve. Oregonians are counting on us not... LONN HOKLIN There are always going to be those who, rather than draw attention to their candidate's shortcomings... BRENDA HORN If there were a party of those who aren't sure they're right, I'd belong to it. (as quoted ... ALBERT CAMUS These hotels are -- how should I say it -- 'more modest' in their amenities. These are not people wh... ABE PIZAM The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantit... DON MARQUIS The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity... DON MARQUIS Dieting is not the answer. Eating more of the things that are good for us and less of those that are... DR. ELIZABETH PIVONKA Dieting is not the answer. Eating more of the things that are good for us and less of those that are... ELIZABETH PIVONKA When the new surveillance equipment comes out ... the better quality that we are getting ... you are... CARL DUKE A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We need more access to quality health care, not less. ELIZABETH ESTY Leadership experts and the public alike extol the virtues of transformational leaders - those who se... JOSEPH NYE Those of us who are today prepared to hazard our lives for the cause would regret having raised a fi... THEODOR HERZL We are not in need of more social commentators but social entrepreneurs. Opinions are a dime a dozen... AHMED REHAB Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragemen... ERIC HOFFER Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little lo... FERDINAND MARCOS Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers should lead the Democratic Party. They are the only Democrats with any con... EVAN SAYET What love is it, then, that has no need of words to call us? In whose image are we made, to take suc... CHRISTIAN BOBIN We've got our work cut out for us. We've got to get some guys healthy, and we need more depth. We we... CRAIG FULLER It is a little theory of mine that has much exercised my mind lately, that most of the problems of t... STEPHEN FRY There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundament... ARTHUR ERICKSON I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M New standards for safety are now in place and Canada has helped provide tools and techniques that we... MARC GARNEAU The last half against Duluth we had trouble on defense and we need to improve on that. We sometimes ... ERIC HALL Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE (Non-conference) games are important to every college team. These games help us stay sharp and we ge... JAMES VILADE We need love, and to ensure love, we need to have full employment, and we need social justice. We ne... DAVID SUZUKI What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look... GORDON B. HINCKLEY We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors... 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Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our childr... GEORGE ELIOT We should not clap our hands and mourn, for he is out of trouble. You are still in it. DAVID RUFFIN The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of o... FRANZ GRILLPARZER Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobilit... EDITH PEARLMAN We, the Social Democrats, are convinced that capitalism needs to be tamed a second time. The first t... SIGMAR GABRIEL Everyone knows these hugs are political. We Democrats know that when Schwarzenegger acts like a mode... BOB MULHOLLAND If we are not more efficient, we put ourselves in a position where prices need to rise or profits de... LYNN GOOD Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragemen... ETHEL BARRYMORE We need to work on our balance a little more. Obviously [Garrison's] going to score 20-some points a... JEFF SHAEFFER It's not always that we need to do more but rather that we need to focus on less. NATHAN W. MORRIS Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Polls and focus groups show younger blacks less likely to identify themselves as Democrats, and more... LARRY ELDER We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing ... HELLE THORNING-SCHMIDT As long as there are entrenched social and political distinctions between sexes, races, or classes, ... 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HINCKS Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. PAUL WELLSTONE We got into a little foul trouble and I thought Chris Smith and Mike Woods came in a did a great job... LES POORE We're all in this together. You are not alone. All lines and divisions are artificial. We are one. W... AKIROQ BROST When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years o... TOM ROBBINS Today the Arabs know a little more about the Brazilian potential. We are starting to become better k... ANTONIO SARKIS JR “Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-... GEORGE CARLIN It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL We need to focus a little more and get the job done. We need to make sure we're working for ourselve... JENNY OWEN Speak up! We live in a democracy. We all need to make sure our voices are heard and our opinions are... BILL LIPINSKI We are delighted to applaud the outstanding achievements of these top performing partners. They are ... MERCEDES ELLISON We should be ready for a change. DEYTH BANGER Colors were made to add a variety, not a segregation... PHILIP T. M. We are looking for quality tourism, not quantity, for a tourist that comes, respects our national pa... JOSE MARIA It's a political document through and through. The headline is all you need to know it's a political... ED PATRU There were a lot of assumptions that we were raised a certain way. Our dad was always really clear w... ERIN FOSTER
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