"It is indeed difficult to imagine how men who have entirely renounced the habit of managing their own affairs could be successful in choosing those who ought to lead them. It is impossible to believe that a liberal, energetic, and wise government can ever emerge from the ballots of a nation of servants."

-- Alexis de Tocqueville

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“Postcolonialism is the invention of some rich guys from India who saw that they could make a good career in top Western universities by playing on the guilt of white liberals.”
“Luxury, like a minimum wage, is a relationship; it changes as we change.”

Source : Vida Dutton Scudder (1939). “The privilege of age: essays secular and spiritual”
“No where else in Christianity does the terrible or heroic name of Armageddon play such role as in America. Not even in the Revelation of John.”
“Every religion oppresses women. I talk about the Koran because I know this book best. It allows for torture and other mistreatment, especially for women. And I despise the Sharia laws. They cannot be changed. They must be thrown out, abolished.”
“Movies like 'The Abyss' and 'Jaws' make people think the ocean is threatening. It's not. It's very tranquil.”
“The thing about cooking is it's so interesting to watch. I don't know why, but if you go to somebody's house and they're making something, they usually say interesting things while they're cooking.”
“About the gods I have no means of knowing either that they exist or that they do not exist or what they are to look at. Many things prevent my knowing. Among others, the fact that they are never seen.”
“It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which we are characters.”

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