A Quote by Gregory David Roberts

The amount of force and violence necessary to board the train, for example was no less and no more than the amoount of politeness and consideration necessary to ensure that the cramped journey was as pleasant as possible afterwards. What is necessary? That was the unspoken but implied, and unavoidable question everywhere in India.

Gregory David Roberts

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Gregory David Roberts
Australian - Author
Born: 1952

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H. Rap Brown

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Barack Obama

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Adrienne Rich

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Lois McMaster Bujold

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Edgar Pangborn

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Mos Def

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Joseph de Maistre

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Thomas Jefferson

Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.

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Aristotle

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