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American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

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Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Category: Failure

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 never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces and I've been doing that from a very young age.
  • 2. Right up until the time I retired at age 37 I felt like there were still things that I could do better.
  • 3. I conceived in art college at the age of 20 near the end of term.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine… so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
  • 2. I'm lucky that most of the time I'm on location in amazing places. Most of the time I don't need holidays I just stop working.
  • 3. I think having children is the most amazing thing.

3 Anger

  • 1. I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.
  • 2. As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud the anger is elevated sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.
  • 3. As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse hopefully enduring and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
  • 2. Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union they insist there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which in my book is a good definition for friendship.
  • 3. The 150th anniversary of Penn State will highlight what is important and good about this distinguished institution and the fine people and research that it produces.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The higher the building the lower the morals.
  • 2. There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.
  • 3. I'd like to do a lot of things – whether in design or architecture or business.
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