Democracy is the worst form of government. It is the most inefficient, the most clumsy, the most unpractical.... It reduces wisdom to… — Robert Briffault Copy Share Image
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We [must] hold the just balance and set ourselves as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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“Don't you know yet, he said, that an idle and selfish class loves to see mischief being made, even if it is… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Instead of looking at books and pictures about the New Testament I looked at the New Testament. There I found an account,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad food, bad taste, prisons, reformatories, lunatic asylums,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
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