In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
Bertrand RussellEducation is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.
Gilbert K. ChestertonMuch of India that we dream of still lies ahead of us: housing, power, water and sanitation for all; bank accounts and insurance for every citizen; connected and prosperous villages; and, smart and sustainable cities.
Narendra ModiThe foolish man conceives the idea of ‚self.‘ The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of ‚self;‘ thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.
BuddhaWhich government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
F. Scott FitzgeraldIn framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
James MadisonGovernments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.
Noam ChomskyMotivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
Dwight D. EisenhowerI believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected.
Billy GrahamWhat is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.
Maya AngelouDemocracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. MenckenLaws control the lesser man… Right conduct controls the greater one.
Mark TwainYou have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Marcus AureliusI don’t tell people, ‚You’re okay the way that you are.‘ That’s not the right story. The right story is, ‚You’re way less than you could be.‘
Jordan PetersonGrowing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn’t accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else’s insistence or someone else’s whim or convenience.
Maya AngelouWhat I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.
Helen KellerThere is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
Booker T. WashingtonWork is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.
Abraham MaslowEncouragement to all women is – let us try to offer help before we have to offer therapy. That is to say, let’s see if we can’t prevent being ill by trying to offer a love of prevention before illness.
Maya AngelouI want to do a certain thing in the world, and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiIf you deserve it, go get it.
Conor McGregorWe will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.
Dan QuayleNo one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t.
Marilyn MonroeFor a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again – as I always am when I write.
Virginia WoolfSome day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.
Henry AdamsWe are so conformist; nobody is thinking. We are all sucking up stuff; we have been trained to be consumers, and we are all consuming far too much.
Vivienne WestwoodAny lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don’t care what they say, they like it.
Richard M. NixonThe most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
AristotleThe three most powerful and most apparent means used by Rome to retain her power over the minds of her votaries are Ignorance, Superstition, and Persecution.
Charles SpurgeonThaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.
Henry David ThoreauProgressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
Salvador DaliThe strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.
Robert FrostBe miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.
Wayne DyerPoverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.
Khalil GibranPower over a man’s subsistence is power over his will.
Alexander HamiltonYou have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
Dr. SeussPrayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
Mahatma GandhiAmong a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
Edmund BurkeMy experience with power, you can maintain it, or you get it taken from you. You get you some newfound power and go crazy, and it get taken from you quick.
Nipsey HussleSome people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
Winston ChurchillDesperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
Benjamin DisraeliThe more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
Aldous HuxleyBehind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
Theodore RooseveltYou are victors, not victims!
Joel OsteenWhen power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John F. KennedyIn a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamIn a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.
Noam ChomskyIf we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
Francis BaconPakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily, and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society.
Noam ChomskyAmong those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Napoleon BonaparteThe measure of a man is what he does with power.
PlatoDemocracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Oscar WildeSince I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don’t think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside.
Haruki MurakamiOn a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.
Karl MarxThe arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.
Vivienne WestwoodI tend to believe that audiences are relatively well-balanced people.
Clint EastwoodPeople who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.
Dan QuayleMy goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don’t care what your job is, you’re not gonna talk down to me, you’re not gonna try to get a rise out of me. I’m a man first. And in establishing that, some interesting things have happened.
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