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Doofus said:
Worry, because most people don't do the very best they can.
"Mediocrity takes a lot less time, and most people won't notice the difference until it's too late."
No truer words were spoken. I am 72 and am amazed at how many people arrive abruptly to end of career full of regrets and blaming others for not achieving their dreams. We all own our futures. "Mediocrity takes a lot less time, and most people won't notice the difference until it's too late."
dartissimus said:
dartissimus said:
andy_s said:
“If the news is fake, imagine history”
TRUTH, An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.“History is written by the victors.” Various
AstonZagato said:
dartissimus said:
dartissimus said:
andy_s said:
“If the news is fake, imagine history”
TRUTH, An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.“History is written by the victors.” Various
king thing after another'HL Mencken in the Baltimore Sun (26 July 1920):
“As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move towards a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
“As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move towards a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
MC Bodge said:
HL Mencken in the Baltimore Sun (26 July 1920):
“As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move towards a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
Democracy is the worst form of government. Apart from all the others.“As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move towards a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
- Churchill. Again.
Doofus said:
MC Bodge said:
HL Mencken in the Baltimore Sun (26 July 1920):
“As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move towards a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
Democracy is the worst form of government. Apart from all the others.“As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move towards a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
- Churchill. Again.
Churchill (supposedly)
AstonZagato said:
Doofus said:
MC Bodge said:
HL Mencken in the Baltimore Sun (26 July 1920):
“As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move towards a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
Democracy is the worst form of government. Apart from all the others.“As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move towards a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
- Churchill. Again.
Churchill (supposedly)
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship."
It continues:
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”
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