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Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

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James Russell Lowell
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Category: Government

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
  • 2. I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.
  • 3. One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Partly because his life ended before the age of 50 Hamilton was defined by the other founding fathers and he managed with amazing consistency to alienate most of them.
  • 2. My relationship with my mom is so amazing. We never got to have that stage that people go through like when you're 13 and you think you're too cool for your parents. When you're embarrassed by them and stuff. We never went through that because I was constantly working and she constantly had to be there.
  • 3. Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis.

3 Anger

  • 1. Speak the truth do not yield to anger give if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
  • 2. I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger release frustration.
  • 3. My dear brothers take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen slow to speak and slow to become angry for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. On July 18 we will mark the 12th anniversary of the senseless loss of 85 lives in the bombing of the Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires Argentina.
  • 2. That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.
  • 3. I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Don't clap too hard – it's a very old building.
  • 2. Make big plans aim high in hope and work remembering that a noble logical diagram once recorded will not die.
  • 3. Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.
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