#tin

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#democracy #dictatorship #difference #first #later

We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less. ↗

— Ralph Bunche

#better #better world #country #dreaming #everything

France turned a deaf ear to the demands, but Ho had succeeded in attracting great publicity in progressive French circles to the situation in Indochina. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#circles #deaf #demands #ear #france

Every proper exertion has been made and will be continued to carry out the wishes of Congress in relation to the tobacco trade, as indicated in the several resolutions of the House of Representatives and the legislation of the two branches. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#branches #carry #congress #continued #every

I read all the time so it's difficult to say who my all-time favourites are. One is George Orwell, because he makes political writing so simple a child could understand it. ↗

— Melvin Burgess

#because #child #could #difficult #favourites

When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I was a teenager I had a fantastic English teacher called Mrs. Stafford. Her enthusiasm made me decide to be a writer. ↗

— Melvin Burgess

#called #child #collecting #decide #english

It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper vastly more significant because it is doing something only a daily paper can do. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

#daily #doing #interesting #life #make

I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy. ↗

— Jack Brickhouse

#combine #convinced #i #integrity #reporting

Life is very interesting if you make mistakes. ↗

— Georges Carpentier

#life #make #mistakes #very #you

The ability to feel and express genuine gratitude for the help given when it is needed most, for the gift or boon that is given at just the right time and under the right circumstances, is a way of surrendering one’s self to benevolent external forces. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#author-stephen-richards #cosmic-ordering #law-of-attraction #manifestation #manifesting