#emo

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#claus #democracy #dream #heaven #only

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#confess #democracy #enjoy #hence #i

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#based #emotion #experience #had #impossible

Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#appears #beauty #considered #demanding #far

I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#i #i love #life #like #love

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#central #cold #cold war #courage #decades

In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#both #christian #clubs #coalition #democrats

We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future. ↗

— Jim Messina

#doing #exactly #future #getting #giving

I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me. ↗

— George Michael

#away #because #better #biggest #career

Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups. ↗

— George Michael

#aimed #bill #democratic #especially #every