"Even if a government can be constitutional without being democratic, it cannot be democratic without being constitutional."

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Source : Clinton Rossiter (1948). “Constitutional Dictatorship”, p.20, Transaction Publishers

Clinton Rossiter

#Government Quotes #Democratic Quotes

“We disparage reason. But all the time it's what we're most concerned with. There's will as motor and there's will as brakes. Reason is, I suppose, the steering gear.”
“I feel like women in comedy have staked out space for themselves and circled the wagons in this inspiring way to say that it's absolutely unacceptable and ludicrous to suggest that women aren't funny anymore in 2016. It just makes you look like a dinosaur.”
“Return from existence to nonexistence. You are seeking the Lord and you belong to him. Nonexistence is a place of income; flee it not. This existence of more and less is a place of expenditure.”
“I love being inside my brain and pushing myself to think in ever more complex ways because I know the ideas are there for the taking. It's all about being focused and disciplined and making use of one's abilities.”

Source : Nancy Crow (2006). “Nancy Crow”
“To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man's heart.”

Source : Francesco Guicciardini (1949). “Ricordi”
“One night I attended a Laughing Liberally comedy show. There was one funny comedian there - Lee Camp.”
“When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!”
“When I was younger I decided I'd hop on the train to New York.”

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