#good

Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold. ↗

— Archibald MacLeish

#action #again #always #become #democracy

We sat down and read it for the first time and I thanked God under my breath, because they were all so good. And my leading ladies are both exceptional. I mean, everybody in the play. I could just go on all night about them. ↗

— Gavin MacLeod

#all night #because #both #breath #could

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#behind #blessed #both #good #him

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#better #decency #decent #enough #god

You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#approach #certain #diplomacy #good #good manners

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#better #constitution #despot #good #infinitely

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#knowledge #logic #make #men #tendency

I'm no good at anecdotes. ↗

— Kelly Macdonald

#good #i

I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.' It's really the only power you have, as an actor. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#being #eye #good #i #i do

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#caused #contrary #example #first #good