Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Success covers a multitude of blunders

Success covers a multitude of blunders

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.

Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor...

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor...

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of...

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of...

When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death...

When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death...