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“Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”

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Gene Fowler, an American journalist, was born on March 8, 1890, and died on July 2, 1960. He is known for his in-depth reporting on Hollywood and his unique insights into the film production process. more

“Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this world. Compulsion is applied from above as self-discipline relaxes below, and the last liberties expire under the weight of a unitary state.... Since religion has lost its empire over the souls of men, the most prominent boundary that divided good from evil is overthrown; kings and nations are guided by chance and none can say where are the natural limits of despotism and the bound of license.”

“Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Gluttony, or, as we call them these days, "getting in touch with your sexuality," "raising your self-esteem," "relaxation therapy," and "being a recovered bulimic."”

Self Self Esteem Pride Corruption Sexuality Lust Esteem These Days Therapy Relaxation Sloth Gluttony

Book:The CEO of the Sofa

Source: The CEO of the Sofa

“I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.”

Thinking World I Can Pride Higher Corruption Legislature

Author:Mark Twain

“The founders understood that democracy would inevitably evolve into a system of legalized plunder unless the plundered were given numerous escape routes and constitutional protections such as the separation of powers, the Bill of Rights, election of senators by state legislators, the electoral college, no income taxation, most governmental functions performed at the state and local levels, and myriad other constitutional limitations on the powers of the central government.”

“..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows.”

“A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally, usually by lot.”

States Hands Poor Democracy Citizens Office Divides Upper Hand

Author:Plato

“To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.”

Process Term Results Democracy Consequence Oneself Definitions Practicals Characteristics Unwanted

Author:Thomas Sowell

“Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it.”

Knows Men Made Facts Democracy Sinner

Author:D. Elton Trueblood

“In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who, effectively, pick their voters.”

Democracy Protect Picks Understood Voters Representatives Reverse Incumbents American Democracy

Author:George Will

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