“ When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently about big issues. Thomas L. Friedman
“ He stepped back, looked up. Cut into the stone above his head were the words RUE MARAT.For a moment he had the urge to turn back around the corner, climb the stairs, shout to the servants not to bothe… Hilary Mantel
“ The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions. George Orwell
“ The centre is missing, but we cannot stop searching for it or positing it. It is not that there is nothing there - it is that what is there is not capable of exercising responsibility Mark Fisher
“ There's no greater joy in life than enjoying power without responsibility. - Mukta Prajapati Tuhin A. Sinha
“ [The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well,… Harry Truman
