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Quote by Arthur Erickson

“We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.”

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Arthur Erickson was a renowned Canadian architect known for his unique modernist style and profound cultural sensitivity. His works, including Canada Place in Vancouver and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, not only transformed the urban landscape of Canada but also reflected his architectural philosophy. more

“To lay taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States, that is to say, 'to lay taxes for the purpose of providing for the general welfare.' For the laying of taxes is the power, and the general welfare the purpose for which the power is to be exercised. They are not to lay taxes ad libitum for any purpose they please; but only to pay the debts or provide for the welfare of the Union.”

States Purpose United Pay United States Please Taxes Lays Unions Debt Tyranny Welfare Ads Providing Taxation General Welfare

Book:The portable Thomas Jefferson

Source: The portable Thomas Jefferson

“Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses.”

People Long Two Care Vote Casts Tyranny Bread Command Two Things Circus Legion Bread And Circuses

Book:Juvenal and Persius

Source: Juvenal and Persius

“Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.”

Answers Groups Findings Tyranny Confused Reaching Consensus Right Answers

Author:Norman Mailer

“Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling, against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them.”

Needs Mean Ideas Enough Feelings Opinion Practice Protection Tyranny Tendencies Penalties Dissent Prevailing Magistrates

Book:On Liberty

Source: On Liberty

“The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom. The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims.”

Source: The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.”

War Lost Loses Virtue Tyranny Conquer

Book:The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Preliminary Dissertations on Each Poem, Notes Critical and Explanatory, an Index to the Subjects of Paradise Lost, and a Verbal Index to All the Poems

Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Preliminary Dissertations on Each Poem, Notes Critical and Explanatory, an Index to the Subjects of Paradise Lost, and a Verbal Index to All the Poems

“Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want; they do not know what is the best for them. There is too much foolishness, too much lost motion. I have stopped the talk and the nonsense. I am a man of action. Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.”