“ I have brought peace to this land, and security, he began.And what of your soul, when you use the cleverness of argument to cloak such acts? Do you think that the peace of a thousand cancels out the u… Iain Pears
“ He said he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and people would still vote for him. Am I dreaming this? Willa asked.No.No. He said that. It couldn't have been more than a wee… Barbara Kingsolver
“ When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is the fact that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or… H.L. Mencken
“ Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has… H.L. Mencken
