#us

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#about #ancestry #common #delusion #hatred

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#being happy #cause #except #happiest #happiest people

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#favor #opinion #pass #remains #resolutions

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#anyone #average #average person #content #deliberately

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#better #common #common sense #sense #than

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#hear #hope #listening #love #night

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#genius #mediocrity #republic

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#between #distinguish #enough #eyes #her

A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced. ↗

— Charles Inglis

#commenced #dread #enthusiast #even #infinitely

Investing in industries and technology for the 21st century generates high-skilled, high-wage jobs for industries of the future. ↗

— Jay Inslee

#century #future #generates #high-wage #industries