#carry

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections. ↗

— Lord Acton

#carrying #democracy #elections #evil #force

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#carry #certainly #could #debates #europe

As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns. ↗

— Mary Antin

#burned #carry #delighted #did #father

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#beautiful #carry #find #must #over

You are a little soul carrying around a corpse. ↗

— Epictetus

#carrying #corpse #little #soul #you

It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records. ↗

— Brian Eno

#bother #carry #i #know #many

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#difficult #essentially #i #immortal #only

I had a briefcase at one point, but it was a kind of 1980s New Wave briefcase. It was made of some kind of cardboard and it had metal hinges. It was kind of faux industrial looking, and I used to carry my books in it rather than a backpack. I didn't want to have normal student accoutrements. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#books #briefcase #cardboard #carry #faux

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#been #carry #emperors #even #finest

Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#carry #entrusted #individuals #made #negotiate