#up

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in. ↗

— James Buchan

#always #charge #democracies #estates #extend

I asked a couple of months ago if anyone would like to start picketing the gas stations. ↗

— Ron Ziegler

#anyone #asked #couple #gas #i

Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#been #every #evil #go #good

So, when the discussion about not using the term feminist came up at a conference workshop, I couldn't believe it. The more I listened, the more I felt the need to express my passion about my identity as a feminist. ↗

— Betty Buckley

#believe #came #conference #discussion #express

I grew up in a small farming town called Concord, outside Charlotte in North Carolina. ↗

— Skeet Ulrich

#carolina #charlotte #concord #farming #grew

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#ambition #controlled #corruption #democratic #democratic system

I can do whatever I want. They will tell me if what I am doing is stupid or a total waste of time. I may tell them that they are wrong, and we will come to an agreement. ↗

— Bill Budge

#am #come #doing #i #i am

I am a pupil of Pissarro. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#i #i am #pupil

If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#close #court #election #face #insane

The felonious five in their Supreme Court decision never said Gore did anything improperly in Florida. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#court #court decision #decision #did #five