“There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought on the decadence and collapse of the democracies of the twentieth century; those noble experiments failed because the people had been led to believe that they could simply vote for whatever they wanted...and get it without toil, without sweat, without tears. Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.” PeopleBelieveWantedPainLife IsValuesSongEffortDemocracyCenturyTearsBirthVoteBreathsNobleExperimentsBest ThingsTragicSweatCollapseThings In LifeToilTwentieth CenturyFallacyDecadenceBest Things In LifeOld SongBest Things In Life Are Free Book:Starship Troopers Source: Starship Troopers
“The peoples of Yugoslavia do not want Fascism. They do not want a totalitarian regime, they do not want to become slaves of the German and Italian financial oligarchy as they never wanted to become reconciled to the semi-colonial dependence imposed on them by the so-called Western democracies after the first imperialist war.” WantFirstsWarWantedDemocracySlaveWesternFinancialItalianFascismRegimesDependenceOligarchyYugoslaviaTotalitarian Regimes Author:Josip Broz Tito
“I didn't know growing up what I wanted to do. I finally settled on broadcast journalism as a way to satisfy the urge to perform and also do something important, which is to give people in a democracy information to make good decisions.” PeopleKnowsWayGivingImportantWantedDecisionGrowing UpDemocracyGrowingInformationJournalismUrgesGood DecisionBroadcast Journalism Author:Mort Crim
“Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic, a replica of the Roman or Venetian republics. They didn't even like the etymology of the word "democracy."” TwoWantedAmericaFatherDemocracyHatedTwo ThingsRepublicFoundingMonarchyReplicaEtymology Author:Gore Vidal
“The first thing I can remember I ever wanted was to go to the United States. And for reasons that are as conventional as you can imagine: I wanted to know if it was really true that it was the land of opportunity, of democracy, and individual liberty.” IfsKnowsFirstsI CanStatesReasonWantedRememberOpportunityIndividualUnitedLibertyUnited StatesDemocracyImagineLandConventionalIndividual LibertyReally TrueLand Of Opportunity Book:Christopher Hitchens: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations Source: Christopher Hitchens: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
“And you know, we were talking about American identity, and where we've come from and where we are and where we're headed. We knew that we wanted to have a hopeful ending and we wanted it to be pro-community, and a pro-democracy type of movie.” KnowsWantedCommunityTalkingDemocracyIdentityTypeHopefulAmerican Identity Author:Matt Damon
“Let's go back to the beginning of the Obama administration, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama led NATO in toppling the government in Libya. They did it because they wanted to promote democracy. A number of Republicans supported them. Well, the result is, Libya is now a terrorist war zone run by jihadists.” WellsWarGovernmentRunningWantedResultsNumbersDemocracyRepublicanClintonTerroristAdministrationBarackZoneNatoLibyaWar Zones Author:Ted Cruz