“Naturally I never had the intention to offend or alienate Slavs. ... What makes me different from the 'nazis' are basically three things; unlike them I am not socialistic (not even on a national level), I am not materialistic and I believe in (the ancient Scandinavian!) democracy.” BelieveDifferentThreeI BelieveLevelsDemocracyIntentionAncientI Believe InNaziThree ThingsMaterialisticScandinavians Author:Varg Vikernes
“Of old, the demagogue was also a general, and then democracies changed into tyrannies. Most of the ancient tyrants were originally demagogues. They are not so now, but they were then; and the reason is that they were generals and not orators, for oratory had not yet come into fashion.” ReasonGovernmentDemocracyFashionChangedAncientTyrannyTyrantsOratorsOratory Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation
“As the only class distinction available in a democracy, the college degree has created a caste society as rigid as ancient India's. Condemning elitism and simultaneously quaking in fear that our children won't become members of the elite, we send them to college, not to learn, but to "be" college graduates, rationalizing our snobbery with the cliché that high technology has eliminated the need for the manual labor that we secretly hold in contempt.” NeedsChildrenEducationClassTechnologyDemocracyCollegeMembersDegreesLaborIndiaOur ChildrenAncientAvailableDistinctionContemptGraduatesElitesManualsCastesCollege EducationCondemningElitismSnobberyCollege DegreeCollege GraduatesManual LaborAncient IndiaClass DistinctionHigh Technology Book:Lump It Or Leave It Source: Lump It Or Leave It
“I like the Americans for a great many reasons. I like them because even the modern thing called industrialism has not entirely destroyed in them the very ancient thing called democracy. I like them because they have a respect for work which really curbs the human tendency to snobbishness.” HumansReasonAmericaDemocracyModernAncientTendenciesDestroyedGreat MenCurbSnobbishness Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The sense of space within the reality of any building is a new concept wherever architecture is concerned. But it is essential ancient principle just the same and is not only necessary now but implied by the ideal of democracy itself.” RealitySpacePrinciplesDemocracyBuildingEssentialsConceptsConcernedIdealsAncientArchitectureImplied Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“As the histories of ancient and modern democracies illustrate, the pressure of political movement in times of war, civil commotion, or general anxiety pushes in the direction of authority, not away from it.” WarPoliticalDemocracyModernMovementAuthorityAnxietyPressureAncientPolitical Movements Author:Robert Heilbroner
“The Greek people not only relate to the ancient traditions, they have fought, they have shed blood, until recently, to defend the values of democracy and freedom.” PeopleValuesDemocracyBloodTraditionAncientRelateGreekShed Author:Alexis Tsipras
“The ideas of ancient Greece helped inspire America's founding fathers as they reached for democracy. Our revolutionary ideas helped inspire Greeks as they sought their own freedom.” IdeasAmericaFatherDemocracyInspireAncientGreekRevolutionaryFoundingGreeceAncient GreeceRevolutionary Ideas Author:Barack Obama