"What is true, just, and beautiful is not determined by popular vote. The masses everywhere are ignorant, short-sighted, motivated by envy, and easy to fool. Democratic politicians must appeal to these masses in order to be elected. Whoever is the best demagogue will win. Almost by necessity, then, democracy will lead to the perversion of truth, justice and beauty."

-- Hans-Hermann Hoppe

#Beautiful Quotes #Truth Quotes #Winning Quotes

“We'll put an asterisk next to Barry Bonds' name, sure, as soon as we put one next to Babe Ruth's name. Getting to break records before black people were allowed to play? Excuse me, where is that asterisk?”
“A boy's story is the best that is ever told.”
“Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.”
“Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.”
“More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege.”
“While we allow the inhabitants of imaginary remote corners the authenticity of savages or sufferers, we rarely suppose them to possess the authenticity of complex, sophisticated perceptions.”
“Stars are beautiful, but they must not take an active part in anything, they must just look on forever. It is a punishment put on them for something they did so long ago that no star now knows what it was.”
“I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect.”

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