#sat

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy. ↗

— Elmer T Peterson

#misattributed-to-de-tocqueville #democracy

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. ↗

— George Orwell

#animals #man #satirical #man

Demonisation is the ideological backbone of an unequal society. ↗

— Owen Jones

#inequality #politics #ideology

Suppose neutral angels were able to talk, Yahweh and Lucifer – God and Satan, to use their popular titles – into settling out of court. What would be the terms of the compromise? Specifically, how would they divide the assets of their early kingdom? Would God be satisfied the loaves and fishes and itty-bitty thimbles of Communion wine, while Satan to have the red-eye gravy, eighteen-ounce New York Stakes, and buckets of chilled champagne? Would God really accept twice-a-month lovemaking for procreative purposes and give Satan the all night, no-holds-barred, nasty “can’t-get-enough-of-you” hot-as-hell-fucks? Think about it. Would Satan get New Orleans, Bangkok, and the French Riviera and God get Salt Lake City? Satan get ice hockey, God get horseshoes? God get bingo, Satan get stud poker? Satan get LSD; God, Prozac? God get Neil Simon; Satan Oscar Wilde? ↗

— Tom Robbins

#satan #purpose

I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#bible #christians #enough #even #gaining

God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#misattributed #darkness

I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones. ↗

— George Orwell

#political-satire #quthoritarianism #russian-revolution #virtue

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction. ↗

— Salvador Dali

#die #going #i #i think #satisfaction

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction. ↗

— Anne Frank

#satisfaction

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back. ↗

— Holly Black

#curiosity #curious #satisfaction #wisdom #satisfaction