"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."

-- Thomas Jefferson

#Patriotic Quotes #Rights Quotes #People Quotes

“He who does now know evil will fall into it.”
“Liberation and equal-rights issues notwithstanding, it was a man's job to make a woman feel cherished and respected.”
“In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.”
“Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When you love to run and you train hard enough to really feel it, running is all about freedom. Also, I find that sharing the value of our sport is very important. When I think back on my life, it isn't the winning that I remember so much, it's the people who I met through running.”
“For language to have meaning, there must be intervals of silence somewhere, to divide word from word and utterance from utterance. He who retires into silence does not necessarily hate language. Perhaps it is love and respect for language which imposes silence upon him. For the mercy of God is not heard in words unless it is heard, both before and after the words are spoken, in silence,”
“When a man is shooting a handgun, it's just like he is shooting because that's his job, and he has no other choice. It's no good. When a girl is shooting a handgun, it's really something.”
“Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.”

Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.78, Cambridge University Press

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