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"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Politics, Pride, Family, Identity

"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Politics, England

"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Politics, Law, Theft, Government, Truth

"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Politics, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."

George Orwell, British Author

Politics, Commentary, Loyalty, Nationalism

"Democracy is good, but it is not good for an uneducated dogmatic society. Often, that society does not know how to choose wisely."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Politics, Democracy, Society, Education, Wisdom

"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Politics, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

"Majority wins, but majority is not necessarily right and sometimes majority is awfully wrong."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Politics, Majority, Rights, Truth, Democracy

"A country that publicly threatens to completely destroy another nation should not be surprised when a preemptive surprise attack occurs from that nation and their allies."

Steven Magee, British Author

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"The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

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"There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it."

War, People, End, Will

"I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all."

Men, Danger, First, Revolution

"In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships."

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"Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom."

Equality, Americans, Freedom, Slavery

"He was as great as a man can be without morality."

Morality, Man

"The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction."

Anxiety, English, Eyes, Satisfaction

"For benefits by their very greatness spotlight the difference in conditions and arouse a secret annoyance in those who profit from them. But the charm of simple good manners is almost irresistible."

Manners, Behavior, Influence, Charm

"The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing."

Complaint, Singing

"There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one."

Question, states, United

"Whether democracy or aristocracy is the better form of government constitutes a very difficult question. But, clearly, democracy inconveniences one person while aristocracy oppresses another. That is a truth which establishes itself and precludes any discussion: you are rich and I am poor."

Inequality, Politics, Power, Wealth