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If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#government #politics #men

a room without boooks like a body without soul ↗

— Roger of Taizé

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If walls could keep us small, peasants would all be tiny and kings as large as giants," said Ser Jorah. "I've seen huge men born in hovels, and dwarfs who dwelt in castles. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

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Society is full of varieties, is this possible to make all of them sensitive? Then there will be no politics. ↗

— Vikram Roy

#philosophy #political #social #inspirational

By making the government a combination of elected officials and citizen-backed initiatives and referenda, there can truly be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. ↗

— Victoria Stoklasa

#government-corruption #inspirational #petitions #political #political-commentary

If you have the right to influence the laws that are made in your community, why not take the opportunity to do something good? ↗

— Victoria Stoklasa

#inspirational #law #laws #political #political-commentary

Have you ever found yourself saying, "There ought to be a law against this," or, "Somebody should do something"? Well, here’s the good news - you can be the one to do something. You can be the one to make the law. ↗

— Victoria Stoklasa MA

#government-corruption #inspirational #political #political-commentary #political-science

Now this was one of the things I had been brought up to eschew like disgrace; it being held by my father neither the part of a Christian nor yet of a gentleman to set his own livelihood and fish for that of others, on the cast of painted pasteboard. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#political #principles #inspirational