Social Icons
QuoteHub — Inspirational Quotes & Aphorisms
  • Home
  • Topics
  • Authors
  • Top Quotes
QuoteHub — Inspirational Quotes & Aphorisms
  • Home
  • Topics
  • Authors
  • Top Quotes

Press ESC to close

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

Topic:

Government,

Author:

James Russell Lowell
Share Article:
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Telegram Share on Whatsapp

Previous Article

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.

Next Article

And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic accountable and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.

More in this CategoryGovernment

Government
View All Articles
1

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

2

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

3

We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.

4

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.

View All Articles

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Article Information

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 am of a healthy long lived race and our minds improve with age.
  • 2. Why should 20-year-olds only be considered sexy? I think we get better with age.
  • 3. Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age or in times of disability to insure financial income for their families.

2 Amazing

  • 1. There was once a caustic comment from someone suggesting I was breeding a new race. Fans from different countries have married amazing things like that. I've been to some of the weddings. I went to one here the other day a pagan ceremony.
  • 2. And I thought when I have kids that's the sort of well told silly and fun fairy tale that I would want to take them to. But it was an amazing experience. And I think Shrek is a real classic a fairy tale classic.
  • 3. Children are amazing and while I go to places like Princeton and Harvard and Yale and of course I teach at Columbia NYU and that's nice and I love students but the most fun of all are the real little ones the young ones.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.
  • 2. We're taught to be ashamed of confusion anger fear and sadness and to me they're of equal value to happiness excitement and inspiration.
  • 3. I am ready to accept all accusations allegations anger – but I have to succeed.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. This anniversary serves to help remind the American people that in the wake of one of the greatest political scandals and misuse of power in our history as a nation scandal produced important reforms that served this nation well for two decades.
  • 2. That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.
  • 3. The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band but now they are really another band so it's all a bit weird.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.
  • 2. The English light is so very subtle so very soft and misty that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail.
  • 3. At this present time matter is still the best way to think of architecture but I'm not so sure for very long. The computer is radicalizing the way we think about our world.
© Diamant Group 2025