John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States
XVIII, p. 483. Usually misquoted as "Democracy…while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy".
1810s, Letters to John Taylor (1814)
“Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
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Leo Strauss (1899–1973) Classical philosophy specialist and father of neoconservativism
“What is liberal education,” pp. 4-5
Liberalism Ancient and Modern (1968)
Context: It was once said that democracy is the regime that stands or falls by virtue: a democracy is a regime in which all or most adults are men of virtue, and since virtue seems to require wisdom, a regime in which all or most adults are virtuous and wise, or the society in which all or most adults have developed their reason to a high degree, or the rational society. Democracy, in a word, is meant to be an aristocracy which has broadened into a universal aristocracy. … There exists a whole science—the science which I among thousands of others profess to teach, political science—which so to speak has no other theme than the contrast between the original conception of democracy, or what one may call the ideal of democracy, and democracy as it is. … Liberal education is the ladder by which we try to ascend from mass democracy to democracy as originally meant.
Robertson Davies book A Voice from the Attic
A Voice from the Attic (1960)
“God may forgive you, but I never can.”
Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603) Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until 1603
To the Countess of Nottingham, as quoted in The History of England Under the House of Tudor (1759) by David Hume, Vol. II, Ch. 7.
Celia Green (1935) British philosopher
The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)
“Aristocracy is the spirit of the Old Testament, democracy of the New.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“Feel guilty. Mourn this. But move on. Don't let it destroy you. Forgive yourself.”
Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice
Source: Last Sacrifice
“When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.”
Jordan Peterson book 12 Rules for Life
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Rule 1: Stand up straight with your shoulders back
“I feel you move me
in such sweet silence
always dancing, always dancing
never ever getting tired”
Mike Scott (1958) songwriter, musician
"Always Dancing, Never Getting Tired"
Universal Hall (2003)
