"The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it."

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"The most dangerous thing to the USA population is not North Korea, it is the USA government."

Steven Magee, British Author

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"Politicians look for interests not people."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"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

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

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Politics, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

"Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish enthrallment to those in power."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Politics, Patriotism, Power, Ambition, Dignity

"The role of political leadership in any society will remain critical to the socio-economic progression of the world. It is however worrying to see the growing number of people, including the youth, getting into politics for economic gain and not for a cause. This, inter alia, is the contaminated seed and eventual root of chronic corruption because such leadership will always be selfishly seeking gain and enrichment from their roles and offices."

Archibald Marwizi, Zimbabwean Author

Politics, Leadership, Corruption, Economy

"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

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"He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his child."

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"Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare."

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"Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace."

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"A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual."

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"The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."

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"Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy."

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"One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going."

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"The most dangerous thing to the USA population is not North Korea, it is the USA government."

"Politicians look for interests not people."

"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."

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

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

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

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

"Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish enthrallment to those in power."

"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."

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"He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his child."

"Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare."

"Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace."

"The downtrodden are the great creators of slang."

"Every dogma has its day."

"To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art."

"A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual."

"The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."

"Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy."

"One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going."