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  • There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
    There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
    ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
    Society
  • The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.
    The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.
    ~ Ashly Lorenzana
    Society
  • One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
    One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
    ~ Plato
    Politics and Politicians
  • If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.
    If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.
    ~ Voltaire
    Law
  • If you're not going to use your free speech to criticise your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it.
    If you're not going to use your free speech to criticise your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it.
    ~ Michel Templet
    Politics and Politicians
  • The biggest problem with democracy is that the weight of a vote is not determined by the degree of the voter's intelligence, ignorance, or stupidity.
    The biggest problem with democracy is that the weight of a vote is not determined by the degree of the voter's intelligence, ignorance, or stupidity.
    ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    Elections
  • Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
    Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
    ~ Laurence J. Peter
    Government
  • Today, the greatest threat of extinction we face is not asteroids or climate change or disease or famine. It's society's refusal to heed the warnings of scientists.
    Today, the greatest threat of extinction we face is not asteroids or climate change or disease or famine. It's society's refusal to heed the warnings of scientists.
    ~ Neil Degrasse Tyson
    Society / Science
  • The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.
    The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.
    ~ C. JoyBell C.
    Society / People
  • When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt but protects the corrupt from you - you know your nation is doomed.
    When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt but protects the corrupt from you - you know your nation is doomed.
    ~ Ayn Rand
    Law
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