Every nation has the government it deserves – and the criminals and drugs

FAMOUS QUOTE: “Every nation has the government it deserves.”        Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821)        French diplomat and philosopher       Lettres et Opuscules Inedits (1851)

FAMOUS COUNTERQUOTE: “At fifty, everyone has the face he deserves.”        George Orwell (Eric Blair; 1903-1950)        Last words in his notebook, April 17, 1949        Published in his posthumous Collected Essays (1968)

ROBERT KENNEDY QUOTE: “Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.”        Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)        U.S. Attorney General and Democratic politician        In his book The Pursuit of Justice (1964)

KOOKY RADIO EVANGELIST QUOTE: “A godless people, under a democratic constitution, will elect godless representatives...A democratic nation gets the kind of government it deserves.”        Father Charles E. Coughlin (1891-1979)        Controversial radio evangelist        Comment made on his radio show on July 1, 1940,           in one of his rants attacking President Franklin D. Roosevelt

KOOKY DRUG EVANGELIST QUOTE: “Everybody gets the drugs they deserve. Everyone gets the god they deserve. Everyone gets the electrons they deserve. Go for it all.”         Dr. Timothy Leary (1920-1996)        “Fifty Million Years,” on his posthumous album Beyond Life (1996)

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