A Quote by Jasper Fforde
Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed.
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In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of "the common good" and then acted out in life on the basis of the common greed. In this world irrationality clings to man like his shadow so that the right things get done for the wrong reasons - afterwards, we dredge up the right reasons for justification. It is a world not of angels but of angles, where men speak of moral principles but act on power principles; a world where we are always moral and our enemies always immoral; a world where "reconciliation" means that when one side gets the power and the other side gets reconciled to it.
I try not to get caught up on how cool I am. That way nothing ever gets done. I'm always thinking about what I haven't done.
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Nothing can motivate me any more than I'm already motivated. It just can't happen. Me being motivated was never a factor. Never.
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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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