"The tyranny of majorities may be as bad as the tyranny of kings."

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Source : "News Of The Week". The Spectator Magazine, No. 3,380 (p. 1), archive.spectator.co.uk. April 8, 1893.

Arthur Balfour

#Kings Quotes #Majority Quotes #May Quotes

“I hear nothings, I speak nothings, I take interest in nothing and from nothing to nothing I travel gently down the dull way which leads to becoming nothing.”
“Jealousy is the fear of comparison.”
“I was not an atheist. Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the strange proposition that this universe originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes nowhere.”
“All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out.”
“it is no small comfort to me to know that God has called me to my work, putting me where I am and as I am. I have not sought the position, and I dare not leave it. He knows why He places me here-whether to do, or learn, or suffer.”
“Without God, reality is madness. Reason will tell you so. You either madly trust in God, or you trust in a world gone mad without him.”

Source : Geoffrey Wood (2011). “Leaper: The Misadventures of a Not-Necessarily-Super Hero”, WaterBrook
“NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS If we are to be who we are; if we are to accomplish great things; then we must learn the heart's most essential rule: NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS”
“The tiniest criticism or put-down soaks into me and lies in my heart like a stone. Sometimes that spurs me on to work harder, but sometimes it just fills me up with sadness.”

Source : Cathy Cassidy (2012). “Chocolate Box Girls: Summer's Dream”, p.40, Penguin UK

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