Jacques Necker quotes

Jacques Necker quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The King did not summon the Estates because he needed them, but out of his own pleasure.”
-- Jacques Necker

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“Only fools, pure theorists, or apprentices fail to take public opinion into account.”
-- Jacques Necker

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“The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. ... There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you're appointed by the king, they don't feel that they're responsible for the people. If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work â€” because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.”
“There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.”
“Super silver, Hawaiian haze Sativa, indica, Solomon's grave Genesis, chapter one verse twelve ways Marijuana, hashish, everybody blaze Fuels and fibers, energy saved When the natives met the travelers, guess what they gave All praise due to the seeds they raised And the people all over the world that smoke J's Kings and queens, musicians, actors Everyday, working class, stoners, slackers Low key blazers and green bowl packers If Mary Jane is in the house then I'm gon' mack her This is dedicated to everybody in the world that smoke weed Legalize it”
“Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.”
“You must believe before everything else that the revolution must come, that there is no other choice,”

Source : "Who is Abdullah Ocalan?" by Beat Witschi, www.cnn.com. May 12, 2005.
“Every person has a revolution beating within his or her chest”
“I'm really not one about reform, I'm about tearing it down, revolution”
“If I can't have a revolution, what is there to dance about.”
“One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty.”
“Pleasure, or wrong or rightly understood, Our greatest evil, or our greatest good.”

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