“democracy is dying. We are ruled by faceless bureaucrats and lecherous puritans. ... You think about it. 'All right for me but not for you' is their philosophy.” ThinkingPhilosophyPoliticsDemocracyDyingBureaucratsPuritanFaceless Book:A RELATIVE STRANGER\ Source: A RELATIVE STRANGER\
“Before God, I believe the hour has come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it. And I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment. Independence now, and Independence for ever!” BelieveHeartWholeDiesI BelieveHoursMoralDemocracyDyingReadyBlessingJudgmentEthicsIndependenceThis LifeSentimentsStakesDeclarationMoral Ethics Author:John Adams
“Pnin slowly walked under solemn pines. The sky was dying. He did not believe in an autocratic God. He did believe, dimly, in a democracy of ghosts. The souls of the dead, perhaps, formed committees, and these, in continuous session, attended the destinies of the quick.” BelieveSoulDestinyDemocracySkyDyingGhostCommitteesSessionSolemn Book:Pnin Source: Pnin
“You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that people we made a democracy work.” PeopleMadeSaidDemocracyDyingHungerIlliteratePeople Who Are Dying Author:Indira Gandhi