Pieter

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.”
― Nelson Algren, Chicago: City on the Make

“Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.”
― Nelson Algren, A Walk on the Wild Side

“Never sleep with someone whose troubles are worse than your own.”
― Nelson Algren, A Walk on the Wild Side