"The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots."

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Source : Constitutional Convention, May 31, 1787.

Elbridge Gerry

#People Quotes #Evil Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“The New Finance focused on the market's major systematic mistake. In failing to appreciate the strength of competitive forces in a market economy, it over estimates the length of the short run. In doing so, it overreacts to records of success and failure for individual companies, driving the prices of successful firms too high and their unsuccessful counterparts too low.”

Source : "The Inefficient Stock Market - What Pays Off And Why". Book by Robert Haugen, ch. 15, The Wrong 20-yard Line, p. 142, 1999.
“I only see things that I shouldn't have done when I watch my film again.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
“Kenya is a mercurial character. I feel the country has a presence that can turn on its people in a very violent way.”
“Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar,”
“But there was another, secret Ruby. This one was as thin as a wisp of air, and had struggled for so long just to be. This was the one that Liam carried with him, without knowing. The one that would ride in his back pocket, whisper words of encouragement, tell him he was born to chase the light.”
“Knowing something for oneself or for communication to an expert colleague is not the same as knowing it for explanation to a student.”
“The photograph that discovers and uncovers the world is harder to simulate than an image that simply illustrates one's ideas about it.”

Source : Fred Ritchin (1990). “In our own image: the coming revolution in photography : how computer technology is changing our view of the world”
“I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education.”

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