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Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.
by Cal Thomas (Journalist, American , born in 1942) keywords: better, function, government, institutions, legitimate, other, private, sector, superior, than, too , words Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
by Thucydides (Historian , Greek) keywords: being, cheated, compelled, equal, excited, first, indignation, legal, looks, men, more, second, seems, superior, than, violent , wrong The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.
by Alexis de Tocqueville (Scientist, French , born in 1805) keywords: above, anxiety, beneath, constantly, english, englishman, eyes, french, frenchman, him, his, inferiors, lowers, no-one, raises, satisfaction, superior, their , want Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true.
by Pete Townshend (Musician, British , born in 1945) keywords: also, being, brilliant, british, class, culturally, difficulties, endemic, english, even, fertile, hypocrisy, imperious, incredibly, live, make, modern, place, ridden, sad, superior , true Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.
by Giorgio Vasari (Artist, Italian , born in 1511) keywords: animals, art, beautiful, creation, divine, first, god, herself, himself, intelligence, made, may, model, nature, only, origin, original, other, owes, say, superior, supplied, teacher, us, venture, which, while , world It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.
by Gore Vidal (Novelist, American , born in 1925) keywords: age, any, believe, exercise, fact, how, imaginative, matter, spirit, superior, suspect , true The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
by William Arthur Ward (Writer, American , born in 1921) keywords: demonstrates, explains, good, great, inspires, mediocre, superior, teacher , tells The townspeople outside the reservations had a very superior attitude toward Indians, which was kind of funny, because they weren't very wealthy; they were on the fringes of society themselves.
by James Welchkeywords: attitude, because, fringes, funny, had, indians, kind, outside, reservations, society, superior, themselves, toward, very, wealthy, were, weren , which No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.
by Elie Wiesel (Novelist, American , born in 1928) keywords: collective, faith, human, inferior, judgments, make, only, race, racists, religious, superior, them , wrong However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience.
by Jeanette Winterson (Novelist, British , born in 1959) keywords: become, cleansing, desires, experience, feature, focus, however, individual, love, misinterpreted, redemptive, superior, their, very , yours You know too well the forces which compose their army to dread their superior numbers.
by James Wolfe (Soldier, British , born in 1727) keywords: army, compose, dread, forces, know, numbers, superior, their, too, well , which There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
by Elijah Wood (Actor, American , born in 1981) keywords: being, fellow, former, lies, men, nobility, noble, nothing, self, superior, true , your Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.
by Frank Lloyd Wright (Architect, American , born in 1970) keywords: architecture, comfort, expressed, finer, organic, seeks, sense, simplicity, superior , use