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“Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.”

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American film actor, best known for his role as J.R. Ewing in the television series 'Dallas'. Larry Hagman's acting career spanned over half a century, and he had impressive performances in numerous television shows and films. more

“Tradition is only democracy extended through time; it may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who are merely walking about. All democrats object to men being disqualified by accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by accident of death. Democracy tells us not to neglect a good man's opinion, even if he is our father.”

“In a democracy sovereignity is vested in a majority; and a majority is not only, at best, an ignorant, foolish and emotional mob, but shifts continually and alters from year to year.”

Years Government Democracy Emotional Majority Foolish Ignorant

Author:Jean Bodin

“The real difference between democracy and oligarchy is poverty and wealth. Wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be few or many, that is an oligarchy, and where the poor rule, that is a democracy.”

Men Real Reason Government Differences Wealth Poor Poverty Democracy Oligarchy

Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation

Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation

“Democracy means doing whatever you want without asking permission of anybody but your boss, your doctor, your lawyer, your landlord, your bank, your city, your state and federal authorities, and your wife and children.”

Want Mean Children States Government Cities Democracy Wife Authority Doctors Asking Lawyer Boss Permission Landlord Asking Permission

Author:Sam Levenson

“Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.”

Government House Universal Nursery Suffrage Universal Suffrage

Author:Otto von Bismarck

“I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years.”

Thinking Years Country Religious Changed Morality Fundamentals Diverse

Author:Larry Hagman

“The will of a majority is the will of a rabble. Progressive democracy is incompatable with liberty.”

Government Liberty Democracy Majority Progressive

Author:John C. Calhoun

“Britain cherishes her eccentrics and wisely holds that the function of government is to build a walled garden in which anarchy can flourish.”

Government Garden Function Britain Cherish Anarchy

Author:Quentin Crisp

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