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"High hopes were once formed of democracy, but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."
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"A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb."
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"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."
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"Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men."
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"Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness."
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"If you believe in democracy, make arrangements to distribute property as widely as possible."
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"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."
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"Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT."
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"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven."
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"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage."
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"Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right."
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"She lives in the poetry she cannot write."
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"The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives."
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"The costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life."
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"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."
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"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you."
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"What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read."
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"I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect."
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"The ages live in history through their anachronisms."
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"The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass. The nineteenth century dislike of romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass."
Art
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