“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?” InspirationalDoeWarPoliticalPoliticsNamesPeaceDifferencesLibertyDemocracyHolyDestructionMadAnti WarAntiwarHomelessTotalitarianismOrphanPeace WarDemocracies HaveGreat WarPeace And JusticeElection DayMake Peace Not WarJust WarVoting And DemocracyWar VeteranPolitics And WarWidows And OrphansPerpetual War Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“What people do who go into politics I can't think; it drives me almost mad to see mismanagement over only a few hundred acres.” PeopleThinkingI CanPoliticsHundredManagementMadAcresMismanagement Book:Four Novels of George Eliot Source: Four Novels of George Eliot
“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
“Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently called President Obama directly to complain about NSA and how it spies on ordinary Americans. That's right, the guy who runs Facebook got mad at the NSA for spying on people. Talk about the pot unfriending the kettle!” PeopleRunningGuyPoliticsPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeComedyPolicyOrdinaryEthicsConstitutionMarkMadHuman RightsSocial MediaTerrorismComplainingIdeologyPotPresident ObamaFree SpeechFoundersSpyDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceNsaKettlesZuckerberg Author:Jimmy Fallon
“A nation is not going mad when it does extravagant things, so long as it does them in an extravagant spirit. But whenever we see things done wildly, but taken tamely, then the State is growing insane.” LongDoeStatesDonePoliticalSpiritPoliticsNationsTakenGrowingMadInsaneThings DoneExtravagant Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton