“Jean Jacques Rousseauis nothing but a fool in my eyes when he takes it upon himself to criticise society; he did not understand it, and approached it with the heart of an upstart flunkey.... For all his preaching a Republic and the overthrow of monarchical titles, the upstart is mad with joy if a Duke alters the course of his after-dinner stroll to accompany one of his friends.” IfsHeartEyeJoyCoursesPoliticsSocietyFoolMadDinnerTitlesRepublicPreachingAccompanyDukesCriticiseUpstart Author:Stendhal
“If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.” IfsPoliticalFoundPoliticsPoliticianPromiseTaxesDinnerDebtSpendingMissionaryConstituentsCannibal Author:H. L. Mencken