My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
quote by Victor Hugo
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It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.
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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
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Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.
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The Social-Democratic Federation took part in all the political and economic struggles of the English working class; it took pains to bring Socialist views home to them, not only through agitation and propaganda, but also by actions.
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People don't realize that they're being played by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, but more so by the Democratic Party because the Democratic Party does not want another party in there.
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Advice To Stephen Harper July 20th,2012
Stephen: These are things for you to do if you want to leave your mark,
Because what you are doing so far amounts to a walk in the park,
Or maybe, god forbid, you might be walking in Mulroney's shoes,
You remember the stacked Senate and the GST - his excuse.
Therefore I figured out how you might leave a Canadian mark,
Unlike Joe Clark's two hundred days travelling and lost in the dark,
Get us death with dignity and binding referendums soon,
Then get us mandatory voting some quiet afternoon.
There's more; lots more because I fear you are not listening,
From inside that Ottawa aristocratic group while commissioning,
And appointing more appointees to the very secret list,
Their very hidden not very open or democratic gift.
poem by James Bredin
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So what we - all we really want, I think, from the so-called Democratic wing of the Democratic Party is really to stand up for what we believe in.
quote by Howard Dean
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I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders.
quote by Rodney Alexander
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Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.
quote by Naguib Mahfouz
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The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game.
quote by Al Spalding
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I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.
quote by Paul Wellstone
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One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate.
quote by Rocco Buttiglione
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Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.
quote by Edward Bond
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The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity.
quote by Walter Ulbricht
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One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.
quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Actions Are Sentiments' Verity
Words are but mere lexicon, actions are sentiments' verity;
Where words may serve merely to confound, actions bring clarity;
Actions are the truth, to which words may only portend-
Actions make real, what was once only pretend.
Do not tell me, show me-then I will know;
Do not say you love me, allow the love you profess, to show!
Words tell a story of intentions, actions are their proof-
Do not express a desire for ardor, then remain aloof!
Would you believe I love you if I told you, or more if I show you! ?
After all we have been through, this proof is the least I owe you.
I utter no words before my actions are taken or readied-
I express no sentiment before my heart is inspired and steadied;
When I say 'I love you', it is affirmation of the actions I am willing to take;
When I say 'I love you', it is proof of the sacrifices I am willing to make!
poem by Maurice Harris
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To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.
quote by George Soros
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A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire democratic rule in principle, but remain suspicious of both the fashion with which democratization is presented and the purposes of the democratic world.
quote by Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important.
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But Hale's warning the President about going to Dallas was that there was great infighting among the members of the Democratic party and the Democratic stars in the state and he didn't want the President to become involved in a factional disagreement.
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