#itself

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. ↗

— John Adams

#democracy #did #exhausts #itself #lasts

Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#itself #love #perpetuate #wishes

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. ↗

— Hans Christian Andersen

#fairy tale #itself #life #most #tale

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#conclude #democracy #feelings #forced #idealistic

The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#also #civilization #effectively #european #itself

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself. ↗

— Johann Sebastian Bach

#easy #instrument #itself #key #musical

We must examine then the concerns of the Government of Japan about the language of the treaty itself - of SOFA - and of the interim and further arrangements that have been made since 1995, and see whether or not we need to make any changes. Those are decisions I cannot make. ↗

— Howard Baker

#any #arrangements #been #cannot #changes

Roosevelt's declaration that Americans had 'nothing to fear but fear itself' was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just as gloriously wrong. ↗

— Russell Baker

#fear #glorious #gloriously #had #inspirational

I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script. ↗

— Angela Bassett

#appreciate #because #directing #directors #five

The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family. ↗

— Mario Batali

#castle #family #find #happiest #itself