#absolute

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal. ↗

— Aristotle

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I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#feel #i #look #love #mirror

Oh, this absolute loneliness and the game - loving to play the game, loving to go and tell stories to men that certainly weren't true, just for the sport of it, just to see how they would react. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#certainly #game #go #how #just

In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#acquaintance #admitted #allowed #although #anyone

It's like any great medicine that works. It tastes absolutely lousy going down, but ultimately helps and heals you. And that's what Juilliard was. Juilliard is classical training. They don't really want to focus on what you do well - that's what got you into the school. They're training you to do other stuff well, which may not come easily to you. ↗

— Viola Davis

#any #classical #classical training #come #down

Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it. ↗

— Ray Blanton

#always #bring #does #essential #honesty

But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#been #emotion #eradicated #last #nothing

The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition. ↗

— John Acton

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ↗

— John Acton

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