"The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."

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Source : "WindFall: The End of the Affair". Book by William F. Buckley Jr., 1992.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

#Freedom Quotes #Government Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“Artists try to ask questions, and within our society, unless there are artists, those questions don't get asked. And everybody blames the market.”

Source : Source: frontrow.dmagazine.com
“Be yourself, know your power, have confidence in what you have to contribute.”
“That's what I think my job in the world has been, is to sort of try to sit silently a bit and watch it all sort of move and see those small, quiet details, whether it be a small village outside of Colombo [country?] or the favelas of Brazil, where, again, resistance culture is something that you hear resonating in the streets of South Central Los Angeles as well.”
“St. Paul's arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings.”

Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.6, BoD – Books on Demand
“Pain by itself is merely pain, but the experience of pain couples with an understanding that the pain serves a worthy purpose as suffering. Suffering can be endured because there is a reason for it that is worth the effort. What is more worthy of your pain than the evolution of your soul?”
“There is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a sheep looks to a wolf.”
“But indefinite visions of ambition are weak against the ease of doing what is habitual or beguilingly agreeable; and we all know the difficulty of carrying out a resolve when we secretly long that it may turn out to be unnecessary. In such states of mind the most incredulous person has a private leaning towards miracle: impossible to conceive how our wish could be fulfilled, still - very wonderful things have happened!”
“My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it delivers low prices, but grumble if it delivers the bad news that prices need to go up.”

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