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“Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.”

Book:George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

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George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters is a compilation that highlights the extensive and varied literary output of the renowned playwright and author. It includes a selection of Shaw's articles, lectures, and essays, showcasing his deep engagement with a wide range of subjects. The collection also features his personal correspondence, providing a glimpse into Shaw's thought process and social interactions. This volume is a testament to Shaw's intellectual rigor and his contributions to drama, literature, and social thought. more

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George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950) was an Irish-British playwright, critic, and socialist. He is renowned for his satirical and witty dramatic works. more

“Tyranny brings ignorance and brutality with it. It degrades men from their just rank into the class of brutes; it damps their spirits; it suppresses art; it extinguishes every spark of noble ardor and generosity in the breasts of those who are enslaved by it; it makes naturally strong and great minds feeble and little, and triumphs over the ruins of virtue and humanity.”

Men Mind Littles Art Spirit Humanity Strong Class Virtue Ignorance Revolution Noble Tyranny Ruins Generosity Triumph Breasts Sparks Brutes Brutality Degrade Great Minds Damp Ardor

Author:Jonathan Mayhew

“No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.”

Long Government Mankind Revolution Bears Tyranny Government Tyranny

Book:The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

“It is lawful and hath been held so through all ages for any one who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king, and after due conviction to depose and put him to death.”

Age Revolution Kings Accounts Conviction Dues Wicked Tyrants Magistrates

Book:The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: Proving, that it is Lawfull, and Hath Been Held So Through All Ages, for Any, who Have the Power, to Call to Account a Tyrant, Or Wicked King, and After Due Conviction, to Depose, and Put Him to Death; If the Ordinary Magistrate Have Neglected, Or Deny'd to Doe It. And that They, who of Late So Much Blame Deposing, are the Men that Did it Themselves. Published Now the Second Time with Some Additions, and Many Testimonies Also Added Out of the Best & Learnedest Among Protestant Divines Asserting the Position of this Book

Source: The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: Proving, that it is Lawfull, and Hath Been Held So Through All Ages, for Any, who Have the Power, to Call to Account a Tyrant, Or Wicked King, and After Due Conviction, to Depose, and Put Him to Death; If the Ordinary Magistrate Have Neglected, Or Deny'd to Doe It. And that They, who of Late So Much Blame Deposing, are the Men that Did it Themselves. Published Now the Second Time with Some Additions, and Many Testimonies Also Added Out of the Best & Learnedest Among Protestant Divines Asserting the Position of this Book

“In your dread of dictators you established a state of society in which every ward boss is a dictator, every private employer a dictator, every financier a dictator, all with the livelihood of the workers at his mercy, and no public responsibility.”

States Responsibility Revolution Mercy Workers Boss Dread Dictator Employers Livelihood Financiers

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Despotism has forever had a powerful hold upon the world. Autocratic government, not self-government, has been the prevailing state of mankind. The record of past history is the record, not of the success of republics, but of their failure.”

World Has Beens Self States Government Past Powerful Forever Records Mankind Revolution Republic Despotism Prevailing Self-government

Book:The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses

Source: The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses

“It violates right order whenever capital so employs the working or wage-earning classes as to divert business and economic activity entirely to its own arbitrary will and advantage, without any regard to the human dignity of the workers, the social character of economic life, social justice, and the common good.”