#delusion

If they are really persuaded that the army is annually established by me, that I have the sole disposal of posts and honours, that I employ this power in the destruction of liberty and the diminution of commerce, let me awaken them from their delusion. ↗

— Robert Walpole

#army #awaken #commerce #delusion #destruction

The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures. ↗

— Ellen G. White

#before #between #closely #counterfeit #delusion

No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions can produce a happier or more prosperous society. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#communism #delusion #dictatorship #few #form

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture. ↗

— John Hawkes

#always #any #being #best #cliched

The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in. ↗

— A. E. Housman

#cheap #delusions #house #live

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves. ↗

— David Hume

#any #delusion #education #found #good

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#either #greater #industry #lack #life

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#about #ancestry #common #delusion #hatred

If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government. ↗

— James Bovard

#election #form #government #mass #noble

The victim mindset produces a delusion of fault and blame that blinds you from the simple truth of cause and effect. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#cause #delusion #effect #fault #simple