"A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy."

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Source : Fisher Ames (1809). “Works of Fisher Ames”, p.429

Fisher Ames

#Passion Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Government Quotes

“It is difficult for people of advanced years to start remembering they must die. It is best to form the habit while young.”
“Pot must be legalized as it grows in nature. It is natural and organic too. It is part of the hemp world and it is criminal that we do not use hemp to facilitate our lifestyle. From paper to soap to clothes to anything, we can think of for the most part.”
“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.”
“The production companies and some of the networks reached out as well. I don't really know what triggered it, but I think what happened over time is we started to create its own fanbase [for the videos]. It's been a long process to get this TV show ["This Is Mike Stud"] right, but I'm glad we did it.”
“Practise in everything a certain nonchalance that shall conceal design and show that what is done and said is done without effort and almost without thought.”

Source : Baldassare Castiglione (2012). “The Book of the Courtier”, p.35, Courier Corporation
“Startups are based in faith, and the ones that succeed have no fear.”
“It's really sad to me that we even have to talk about diversity in the fashion world today. That I would love to change. Diversity should be normal.”
“By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, â€œThere is no hurry. We shall get there some day.â€ But all the little streams higher up in the Forest went this way and that, quickly, eagerly, having so much to find out before it was too late.”

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