Democracy Quote by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

“Being President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery: there are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening.”

— Bill Clinton

“I wanted to stand up and shout that this was unfair, but loud voices were not permitted in the library.”

— Lynn Austin

“So far as I have listened, before a revolution can take place, the population must lose faith in both the police and the courts.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Lord, teach me to listen. The times are noisy and my ears are weary with the thousand raucous sounds which continuously assault them.”

— A.W. Tozer

“I have come upon the conviction that it is not the stern voice of a priest delivering the threat of brimstone, but the gentle…

— Hannah Kent

“What is said is given out to suit the temperament of the hearers”

— Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.”

— Otto von Bismarck

“But it was becoming more and more difficult to accompany the president and listen to another speech whose content was contrary to the principles…

— Dan Bongino

“is a great vexation to the spirits of good ministers to see people deaf to all the fair warnings given them, and running headlong…

— Matthew Henry

“Never underestimate the power of public opinion and the eagerness of the people in charge to bow to it.”

— Daniel Cole

“The president did not truly listen to anybody. The more you talked, the less he listened.”

— Michael Wolff

“Speech. Do not speak ill of others. A knight does not spread news that he does not know to be certain, or condemn things…

— Ethan Hawke