To worry before the common people worries; To enjoy only after the people can enjoy. — Fan Zhongyan Copy Share Image
No genuine change in society ever occurs without the mass public getting behind a cause. The good guys in government are counting… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
“Religion, with its metaphysical error of absolute guilt, dominated the broadest, the cosmic realm. From there, it infiltrated the subordinate realms of… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“Many cultural stories worldwide present the domination system as the only human alternative. Fairy tales romanticize the rule of kings and queens… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
“Wednesday, June 17, 1789, France went from a system where only the nobility and the church had power to a system where,… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
“This system is called the " system of checks and balances," because each department of the government is supposed to be a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
... ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will tend to be ages of despotism, whereas when… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Common people rushed to trade in their “low-born” surnames (such as Pi) for a more respected Kim or Park. This explains why… — Daniel Tudor Copy Share Image
Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people. — James Howell Copy Share Image
The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with… — Horace Copy Share Image
“In the era of angry and aggressive policing, it is an honorable service to your fellow citizens to video record police officers… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
“You see, dervish, it wasn't always like this. Violence wasn't my element, but it is now. When God forgets about us down… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
It is probable that the principal credit of miracles, visions, enchantments, and such extraordinary occurrences comes from the power of imagination, acting… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Herodotus, the ‘Father of History’, records the moment – and you can hear the emotion in his voice as he does so,… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
“Julian recognized that the strength of the orthodox Church rested to a great extent on the imperial discrimination in its favour. According… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
The organic fundamental error of humanism was that it desired to educate the common people (on whom it looked down) from its… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“You must understand something, George. The world's leaders create catastrophes and resolve them-- all at their own whimsy-- every single day. It… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
The basic problem affecting the Pakistan today is human rights. Islamic fundamentalists have no roots among the common people and while they… — Abdul Sattar Edhi Copy Share Image
