Michael Scalise

“High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The first thing a man will do for his ideal is lie”
― Joseph Schumpeter

“I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. I have tried to make clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”
― Thomas Sowell