#m

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way. ↗

— Fisher Ames

#conceals #democracy #desolation #destruction #eruption

A woman is always a mystery: one must not be fooled by her face and her hearts inspiration. ↗

— Edmondo De Amicis

#face #fooled #hearts #her #inspiration

The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#china #currency #empire #hard #infusion

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order. ↗

— Idi Amin

#any #country #die #law #make

Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#directed #greater #lesser #more #often

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#benefits #carry #forgive #forgiven #great

Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy. ↗

— Martin Amis

#conspiracy #evil #fiction #goes #mind

You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star. ↗

— Martin Amis

#cannot #combine #movie #movie star #star

I lost a company. So what? It's just stuff. Can't take it with you. ↗

— Wally Amos

#i #just #lost #stuff #take

Perchance the chemist is already damned and the guardian the blackest. ↗

— Lewis Gilbert

#blackest #chemist #damned #guardian #perchance