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“A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.”
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“We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country.”
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“You must ask for God's help. Even when you have done so, it may seem to you for a long time that no help, or less help than you need, is being given. Never mind. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”
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“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy.”
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Lisa’s 2025 Year in Books
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34 books
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28 books
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