"In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility."

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Norman Cousins

#Freedom Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“I would love to make some kind of film about the witches and the Inquisitions. That would be really fun because I don't think their stories have been told enough.”

Source : "Interview: Amy Smart" by Vicki Hogarth, www.askmen.com.
“I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much.”
“Forever is composed of nows.”

Source : Emily Dickinson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)”, p.2106, Delphi Classics
“The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful.”
“Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair.”

Source : Muhammad Yunus (2007). “Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism”, p.223, PublicAffairs
“Wikipedia, every day, is tens of thousands of people inputting information, and every day millions of people withdrawing that information. It's a perfect image for the fundamental point that no one of us is as smart as all of us thinking together.”
“Many who think that they are taking life seriously are actually only taking themselves seriously. Who takes himself seriously is over conscious of his rights; who takes life seriously is fully conscious of his obligations.”
“The measure of any great civilization is its cities and a measure of a city's greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and squares.”

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