The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. – James Fenimore Cooper
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It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny. – James Fenimore Cooper
We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it can survive us knowing too much. – Robert Bianco
My hat was pulled down and this girl said Are you really him? I whispered Yeah, Im really him. She screamed, Mom! Dad! Its Heath Ledger! – Josh Hartnett
As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that todays workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be supported by the next generation of workers paying into the same system. – Steve Israel
