Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it...

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it...

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger...

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger...

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.