Bertrand de Jouvenel Quotes
But there are no institutions on earth which enable each separate person to have a hand in the exercise of Power, for Power is command, and everyone cannot command. Sovereignty of the people is, therefore, nothing but a fiction, and one which must in the long run prove destructive of individual liberties.
Bertrand de Jouvenel
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Ernest Hemingway
Incompetence is the true crisis.
Albert Einstein
Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly.
William James
The National Socialist Movement has wrought this miracle. If Almighty God granted success to this work, then the Party was His instrument.
Adolf Hitler
There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
William James
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Epictetus
Elena wondered if Michaela was waiting to be served. Snorting inwardly at the idea, she poured her own coffee—and, because she was feeling generous, and okay, maybe because she wanted to irritate Michaela—Raphael’s as well. Then she put down the carafe.
Nalini Singh
My book has a pre - civil rights setting with a post - civil rights sensibility. I believe less and less that there is something called "The Black Experience," though undoubtedly there was one once.
Ayana Mathis
But there are no institutions on earth which enable each separate person to have a hand in the exercise of Power, for Power is command, and everyone cannot command. Sovereignty of the people is, therefore, nothing but a fiction, and one which must in the long run prove destructive of individual liberties.
Bertrand de Jouvenel
