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"While a democratic process is morally desirable for arriving at a decision, it doesn't necessarily produce the best outcomes."
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"One obvious palliative of the evils of democracy in its present form would be to encourage much more publicity and initiative on the part of civil servants. They ought to have the right, and, on occasion, the duty, to frame Bills in their own names, and set forth publicly the arguments in their favor."
"Politics devoid of ethics does not further human welfare, and life without morality reduces humans to the level of beasts."
"Anarchy is law and freedom without force.Despotism is law and force without freedom.Barbarism force without freedom and law.Republicanism is force with freedom and law."
"Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders."
"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart."
"Some people are good only because they are afraid of punishment. These justify why we need government."
"The financial elite already have the politicians in their pockets, as a result of their lobbying."
"Politics should be a field that attracts statesmen, not future CEO's and board members."
"In reality, commissions rarely solve complicated problems. Therefore, the following question arises: what is worse " to establish a commission knowing it cannot solve a complicated problem, or to believe that the commission will truly solve such a problem?"
"There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengeance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences."
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"Sometimes we all get dusty by a few mundane and tiring affairs-and merely need a gentle soul wash to see, and get deeply entangled with, the fervors of life again."
"Now that I am past picking the knife to stab one, the reward of stabbing a few more comes at an unfairly lower risk!"
"The thirty-plus years of marriage between the ceiling and the cement plaster showed signs of weakness by frequently developing cracks and holes."
"As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a lesser number of words."
"No great soul, as they say, lives for very long. Because God desperately wants all the great people near him."
"We had firsthand witnessed the ethereal evil of crushing hope just when it had peaked-like an open door, visible to you as you approach it from miles away, just closing on you when you have only two more yards to go."
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