"There is a bizarre notion according to which it is claimed that because men are corrupt, it is necessary to give certain of them all the more power... on the contrary, they must be given less power."

-- Benjamin Constant

#Philosophy Quotes #Men Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I think I see her, please let me off this bus. Nadine, honey, is that you?”
“What is there about polarity that is matter becoming more complex?”
“For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power.”
“When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion.”
“Madness is surprisingly freeing.”
“The purpose of government is for those who run it to plunder those who do not.”
“Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.”
“I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.”

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