Quotes about "Politics & Government"

It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny. ”

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. ”

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. ”

For a decade or more after the Vietnam war, the people who had guided the U.S. to disaster decently shrank from the public stage. ”

When a company is charging money for a product - as Evernote does for all above its most basic service, and same for Dropbox and SugarSync - you understand its incentive for sticking with that product. ”

I come from a profession which has suffered greatly because of the lack of civility. Lawyers treat each other poorly and it has come home to haunt them. The public will not tolerate a lack of civility. ”

When in doubt, one can rarely go wrong by going public. ”

I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative. ”

France is a pretty stable democracy, but incidents occur. And I was pleased to have police accompaniment. ”

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership. ”