"The great vice of democracy is that for a generation we have been busy getting ourselves on to the list of beneficiaries and removing ourselves from the list of contributors, as if somewhere there was somebody else's effort on which we could thrive."

-- Robert Menzies

#Leadership Quotes #Effort Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“You mean one human is good, but a hundred humans is bad?" "Exactly. One human is just a person. A hundred humans make a society. And societies have kings, and religions and priests, and all these other things serrin completely fail to understand”

Source : Joel Shepherd (2011). “Petrodor”, p.117, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Our national myths often exaggerate the role of the individual heroes and understate the importance of collective effort.”

Source : Robert D. Putnam (2001). “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community”, p.24, Simon and Schuster
“The Houston Astrodome was kind of a tough field.”
“Nothing scares me, because I used to think I was indestructible. Now I know I'm indestructible, not to mention my spine is indestructible. It's all titanium.”
“You cannot insert a gene you took from a bacteria into a seed and call it LIFE. You have not created life, instead you have only polluted it.”
“I was so worried that you wouldnâ€™t want to know me once you found out.â€ I signed, relief flooding through me. â€œAre you kidding me?â€ Xavier reached out and curled a lock of my hair around his finger. â€œSurely Iâ€™ve got to be the luckiest guy in the world.â€ â€œHow do you figure that?â€ â€œIsnâ€™t it obvious? Iâ€™ve got my own little piece of Heaven right here.”
“I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad.”
“There is no rose without thorns.”

Source : Pam Muñoz Ryan (2012). “Esperanza Rising”, p.14, Scholastic Inc.

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