The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. – Voltaire
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Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. – Louis Brandeis
It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations. – Walter Bagehot
Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him one doubted Him one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldnt have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government? – Richard J. Daley
A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed. – Mary Tyler Moore
The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present. – Charles Baudelaire
The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production – in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation – essential as they are, make people sick and die. – Barry Commoner
