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“Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.”
“Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.”
Source: The Select Works of William Penn....
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1939, Volume 8
“Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.”
“Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”
“Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.”
“The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.”
“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”
Source: Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930
“Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.”
Source: The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.”
Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7
“Lawyer: one who protects us against robbery by taking away the temptation.”
“No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”
“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.”
“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.”
Source: Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris
“Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.”
Source: Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial
“Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.”
“The people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie.”
“Democracy does not create strong ties between people. But it does make living together easier.”