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  • One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Upload to Facebook
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
    ~ Plato
    Politics and Politicians   
  • Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.Upload to Facebook
    Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.
    ~ Paul Krugman
    Politics and Politicians   
  • Respect for religion` has become a code phrase meaning `Fear of religion.` religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and yes, our fearless disrespect. Upload to Facebook
    Respect for religion" has become a code phrase meaning "Fear of religion." religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and yes, our fearless disrespect.
    ~ Salman Rushdie
    Politics and Politicians   
  • In the Court of Justice, both the parties know the truth, it's the judge who's on trial.Upload to Facebook
    In the Court of Justice, both the parties know the truth, it's the judge who's on trial.
    ~ Justice JR Midha
    Law   
  • When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When .4k you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them but protect them against you -When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.Upload to Facebook
    When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When .4k you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them but protect them against you -When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.
    ~ Ayn Ryand
    Society   
  • A people that elect corrupt politicians, impostors, and traitors are not victims but accomplices.Upload to Facebook
    A people that elect corrupt politicians, impostors, and traitors are not victims but accomplices.
    ~ George Orwell
    Politics and Politicians   
  • It's easy to judge. It's more difficult to understand. Understanding requires compassion, patience, and a willingness to believe that good hearts sometimes choose poor methods. Through judging, we separate. Through understanding, we grow. Upload to Facebook
    It's easy to judge. It's more difficult to understand. Understanding requires compassion, patience, and a willingness to believe that good hearts sometimes choose poor methods. Through judging, we separate. Through understanding, we grow.
    ~ Doe Zantamata
    Justice   
  • If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes. Upload to Facebook
    If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.
    ~ Nathalie Robin
    Society   
  • Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.Upload to Facebook
    Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.
    ~ Benjamin Franklin
    Society   
  • A great revolution of character in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society, and further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.Upload to Facebook
    A great revolution of character in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society, and further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
    ~ Daisaku Ikeda
    Society / Change   
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