“Are you genuine? or only an actor? A representative? or that ...
“Are you genuine? or only an actor? A representative? or that itself which is represented? – Finally you are no more than an imitation of an actor.” -Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to d...
"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them." - Karl Marx
"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to deci...
"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!" - Lenin
'In the EU we have two kinds of memberstates: small ones and those who still don't realize t...
'In the EU we have two kinds of memberstates: small ones and those who still don't realize that they are small. This is the big world we live in. It's good to accept this reality.' Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
"If nominated, I shall run to Mexico. If elected, I sha...
"If nominated, I shall run to Mexico. If elected, I shall fight extradition." -- U.S. Representative Mo Udall, when asked if he would run in the 1984 presidential election
"I refuse to look at something which my religion t...
"I refuse to look at something which my religion tells me cannot exist." - A representative of the pope, when asked by Galileo to look through his telescope
The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme...
The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries. Kurt Vonnegut