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Now majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But like other precious, sacred things .... it's not only worth dying for; it… — P.J. O'Rourke
Democracy: a festival of mediocrity. — Emile M. Cioran
An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share… — Bertrand Russell
What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position. — Stokely Carmichael
"Pay him what was promised", said the caliph. "And put out his eyes." — John Brunner
Adolescence: The stage between puberty and adultery. — Ambrose Bierce
A Galileo could no more be elected president of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both high posts are reserved… — H. L. Mencken
The opposite of creativity is cynicism — Esa Saarinen
No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up. — Lily Tomlin
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? — Dorothy Parker
The management system which makes only a pretense of valuing employee involvement and encouraging employee empowerment merely breeds cynicism. — George E. P. Box
Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people. — H. L. Mencken
We have never done anything in a cynical fake way — Gordon Ramsay
When people get cynical about love, they should look at us [Yoko and John Lennon] and see it is possible — Yoko Ono
Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event. [a cynical but perhaps fair assessment] — Mike Ferguson
It seems absolutely wrong that people should be able to profit in this cynical way from an event that is designed to highlight the need… — Unknown Author
We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion. — Erica Jong
In life you are given two ends; one to think with and the other to sit on. Your success in life depends on which end… — Conrad Burns
The cynical, caustic, acid-tongued New York drama critic Addison De Witt introduces his protege/date of the moment, a bimbo date and so-called actress named Miss… — George Saunders
I’m actually trying to make sense of the world. There’s nothing cynical or absurd in what I do. — Unknown Author
Every day we have a choice. We can take the easier road, the more cynical road, which is a road sometimes based on a dream… — Jacqueline Novogratz
Whatever politicians, activists and manipulators propose, it is the phlegmatic, indifferent, ingrained electorate which disposes. — Don Aitkin
Not to sound cynical, but all you ever learn in prison is how to be a better criminal. — Ras Kass
Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic… — Joe Klein
If I was working hard, she bled into my personality. I became more cynical. — Marg Helgenberger

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