America Quote by Anthony Burgess Download Open image “Only in England is the perversion of language regarded as a victory for democracy.” — Anthony Burgess ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare America Democracy England Language Modern Modern world Perversion Victory World
“Democracy today, especially in the English-speaking world, is a political system that specialises in positioning inadequate, unqualified and dubious types in leadership positions.” — Gilad Atzmon Copy Share Image
English is the 'language of liberty' for nations emerging from years of cultural oppression. — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As a writer, I've often said that, among the other things that we need to reclaim, other than the obscene wealth of billionaires, is… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“More recently, during a debate in the House of Lords in 1978 one of the members said: "If there is a more hideous language… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
The language of our democracy should be such that the weakest in our society should feel safe. — Ravish Kumar Copy Share Image
Governments produced by the most banal of electoral victories, like those produced by the crudest of coups d'état, will always feel obliged to dress… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's pretty much… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
If you expect the worst from a person you can never be disappointed. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“A man who serves language, however imperfectly, should always serve truth.” — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
All human life is here, but the Holy Ghost seems to be somewhere else. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Rome's just a city like anywhere else. A vastly overrated city, I'd say. It trades on belief just as Stratford trades on Shakespeare. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Without class differences, England would cease to be the living theatre it is. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and failed musician, short-sighted, colour-blind, auditorily biased, who has read the books that I… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
... A CLOCKWORK ORANGE- and I said: 'That's a fair gloopy title. Who ever heard of a clockwork orange?' Then I read a malenky… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes] — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
