“Democracy has become, unless I mistake, a kind of test or shibboleth, by which we try men and measures; and this is the same as to say that it is merely a word which is powerful with us, and not the wide and true notion of what the word means. But we must define the true import of words, and not be slaves to syllables; for democracy in form is not necessarily people-power in fact, but power perhaps of a few, who cajole the many and so lead and use the people for their own ends.” PeopleMenTryingKindMeanEndsFactsUseFormPowerfulMistakeDemocracyTestsSlaveNotionWideDemocracies HaveImportsSyllablesBe A SlaveTry Me Author:James Vila Blake
“It is worth thought what kind of mind or condition or disposition is open to flattery; for poison would not be spread if the rats ate it not.” IfsMindKindConditionsSpreadPoisonDispositionRatsFlattery Author:James Vila Blake