"Democratization is not democracy; it is a slogan for the temporary liberalization handed down from an autocrat. Glasnost is not free speech; only free speech, constitutionally guaranteed, is free speech."

-- Gail Sheehy

#Democracy Quotes #Speech Quotes #Slogans Quotes

“To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.”
“My own great-grandfather, who said simply enough, "No wicked man could write such a book as this; and no good man would write it unless it were true and he were commanded of God to do so.”
“My ultimate fantasy is to entice a man to my bedroom, put a gun to his head and say, 'Make babies or die'.”
“When a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all regal powers, he then, in the single person of a man, fights against his own majesty and kingship.”
“If a footballer presents himself as a family man and goes and has sex with a prostitute, should he gag her?”
“Liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and I find - I think education is something that can bring us together.”
“To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances.”

Source : William Kingdon Clifford, Leslie Stephen, Frederick Pollock (2011). “Lectures and Essays”, p.183, Cambridge University Press
“I never date anyone my cat doesnâ€™t like,”

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