Esraa Hamed

“It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected possess afterwards, as a parliament, unlimited powers. Election, in this case, becomes separated from representation, and the candidates are candidates for despotism.”
― Thomas Paine, Rights of Man

“It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird.”
― Thomas Paine, Rights of Man

“قدمت اليابان والصين نموذجًا بارعًا لكيفية التعامل مع القوة العظمى , لا بالاستغراق في نقد الولايات المتحدة , والدخول في حرب كلامية معها , بل بتقديم تجربة ناجحة في النمو والتقدم أعادت الاعتبار إلى مكانتهما”
― أحمد زويل, عصر العلم

“We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised to furnish new pretenses for revenue and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without a tribute.”
― Thomas Paine, Rights of Man