Commit Quote by Samuel Adams Download Open image “There never was a democracy that did not commit suicide.” — Samuel Adams ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Commit Democracy Suicidal Suicide
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. — John Adams Copy Share Image
In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy. — Karl Liebknecht Copy Share Image
Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives. — Ernst Hanfstaengl Copy Share Image
No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Although Christianity has never been the guarantee of a democratic state anywhere in the world, no democracy has ever thrived successfully for any period… — Theodore White Copy Share Image
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
It behooves every American to encourage home manufactures, that our oppressors may feel through their pockets the effects of their blind folly. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with the right… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
It is not unfrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
I'm Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have something original and useful… — Allan Sloan Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I like to always wash the slate clean, and reinvigorate my spirit to be connected to the characters that I am doing. I am… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
You get a script and you love it. You find a director that you trust, and it becomes all about how do I commit… — James Van Der Beek Copy Share Image
Ok, look. I'm honest. Girl I can't lie I miss you. You and the music were the only things that I'd commit to — Drake Copy Share Image
One should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
A man must commit a crime at least once in his life-time. Only then will his virtue be recognized — Girish Karnad Copy Share Image
