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  • One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.Upload to Facebook
    One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
    ~ Plato
    Politics and Politicians   
  • If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.Upload to Facebook
    If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.
    ~ Voltaire
    Law   
  • If you're not going to use your free speech to criticise your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it.Upload to Facebook
    If you're not going to use your free speech to criticise your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it.
    ~ Michel Templet
    Politics and Politicians   
  • The biggest problem with democracy is that the weight of a vote is not determined by the degree of the voter's intelligence, ignorance, or stupidity.Upload to Facebook
    The biggest problem with democracy is that the weight of a vote is not determined by the degree of the voter's intelligence, ignorance, or stupidity.
    ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    Elections   
  • Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.Upload to Facebook
    Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
    ~ Laurence J. Peter
    Government   
  • Today, the greatest threat of extinction we face is not asteroids or climate change or disease or famine. It's society's refusal to heed the warnings of scientists.Upload to Facebook
    Today, the greatest threat of extinction we face is not asteroids or climate change or disease or famine. It's society's refusal to heed the warnings of scientists.
    ~ Neil Degrasse Tyson
    Society / Science   
  • The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.Upload to Facebook
    The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.
    ~ C. JoyBell C.
    Society / People   
  • When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt but protects the corrupt from you - you know your nation is doomed.Upload to Facebook
    When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt but protects the corrupt from you - you know your nation is doomed.
    ~ Ayn Rand
    Law   
  • Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.Upload to Facebook
    Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
    ~ Joseph E. Stiglitz
    Development   
  • No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.Upload to Facebook
    No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
    ~ Theodore Roosevelt
    Justice   
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