George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
... government that "substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.".
... government that "substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.".
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy
He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.
He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for
appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for
appointment by the corrupt few.
All professions are conspiracies against the laity.
All professions are conspiracies against the laity.
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves