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Emperor Joseph II said, "Everything for the people, nothing by the people."


En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 05:15:50 PM EST
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Hm. I would think this is apocryphal at least. Indeed a 1857 German lexicon ascribed it to [Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de?] Mirabeau.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 05:24:38 PM EST
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