Below are some quotations by past historians and thinkers.
Hope you all enjoy reading them.!
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things
which excites people to revolt. - Eric Hoffer
"The only index by which to judge a government or a way
of life is by the quality of the people it acts upon.
No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it
blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and
breeds ill will and suspicion- it is an evil government." - Eric Hoffer
"Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the
voice of guilt within us." - Eric Hoffer
A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
--Edward R. Murrow
Most bad government has grown out of too much government.
- Thomas Jefferson
"Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception."
- George Orwell
"Believe those who are seeking the truth;
doubt those who find it." - Andre Gide
"Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not certain about the universe." --- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads
among them bounties, donations and benefits. - Plutarch
"The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish
it by force." - Rousseau
You don't have to fool all the people all of the time; you just have
to fool enough to get elected. - ~ ~ ~ Gerald Barzan
Get the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.
~ ~ ~ Frank Dane
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have
discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made
the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.
~ ~ ~ William Lamb Melbourne
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position
of power, corrupt power. ~ ~ ~ George Bernard Shaw
Without fools the rest of us could not succeed.
~ ~ ~ Mark Twain
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