In the words of Thomas Hubert ("The Southern Element in Poe's Fiction"), that line can only be characterized as an "aristocratic scorn for the masses", coupled with "a scorn for democracy and egalitarianism".
I regard it as skepticism as to whether democracy can last forever. I'm not sure (and I certainly don't hope) Poe was right but certain recent events could indicate that the theory of Anacyclosis is correct.
In the words of Thomas Hubert ("The Southern Element in Poe's Fiction"), that line can only be characterized as an "aristocratic scorn for the masses", coupled with "a scorn for democracy and egalitarianism".
I regard it as skepticism as to whether democracy can last forever. I'm not sure (and I certainly don't hope) Poe was right but certain recent events could indicate that the theory of Anacyclosis is correct.
Yeesh, never heard of Anacyclosis before so I followed your link. Wow, I used to think 'I' was cynical...
Hey, I get it, I'm the guy in the seat next to you aboard the hell-in-a-handbasket express. I've turned into my grandfather, always talking about how things used to be, longing for "the good old days". My wife actually brought the George Burns quote to me because of it.
I can't breathe anymore. One, just one person in all of my life, never asked me to be something other than who I am. He was amazing, now he is gone. How do you go on after that. Now at last I understand why her wrists are wrapped. Not a famous quote, sorry. Just a feeling.
I just don't know what to say. Keep holding on to the love, no matter how painful it may seem now. If you let it go, that will feel even worse( if you can imagine that). Remember that you have something that many people never find, that you know what love truly is. That is a wonderful thing. I guess I did have something to say.
When day comes we step out of the shade,
aflame and unafraid
The new dawn blooms as we free it
For there is always light,
if only we're brave enough to see it
If only we're brave enough to be it
The Hill We Climb
Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, Inaugural Poem
That young woman impresses the hell out of me.
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
Thomas Jefferson
“Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner. Liberty is a well armed sheep protesting the vote.”
Who the ef actually said it because it wasn't benjamin franklin
"Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech."
“Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner. Liberty is a well armed sheep protesting the vote.”
Who the ef actually said it because it wasn't benjamin franklin
I've looked into the proper attribution of this quote to no avail. Alas even the scant references of it first appearing in the late eighties and it's prominence in news groups in the nineties provide no clue to it's originator. The closest from Benny F. I could find is " If you make yourself a sheep the wolves will eat you".
"Sacrifice- to some, it is just a word. to others it is a code
What matters is the colony.
He's willing to live for the colony,
To fight for the colony, to die for the colony"
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I regard it as skepticism as to whether democracy can last forever. I'm not sure (and I certainly don't hope) Poe was right but certain recent events could indicate that the theory of Anacyclosis is correct.
Yeesh, never heard of Anacyclosis before so I followed your link. Wow, I used to think 'I' was cynical...
In my defense, I used to consider myself a realist. These days there doesn't seem to be much difference between realism and cynicism...
I can't breathe anymore. One, just one person in all of my life, never asked me to be something other than who I am. He was amazing, now he is gone. How do you go on after that. Now at last I understand why her wrists are wrapped. Not a famous quote, sorry. Just a feeling.
-- Doris Lessing
- Dolly Parton
aflame and unafraid
The new dawn blooms as we free it
For there is always light,
if only we're brave enough to see it
If only we're brave enough to be it
The Hill We Climb
Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, Inaugural Poem
That young woman impresses the hell out of me.
Dave Chappelle
Mark Twain
-- George Santayana
--Ziad K. Abdelnour
John F. Kennedy
-- Noel Coward
Thomas Jefferson
Unknown
I choked on my water laughing.
Umm... by water I mean beer and by choked I mean it came out my nose.
Still hurts a bit but wow that was funny.
-- Chen-It Ong
Who the ef actually said it because it wasn't benjamin franklin
Noam Chomsky
George R.R. Martin
I've looked into the proper attribution of this quote to no avail. Alas even the scant references of it first appearing in the late eighties and it's prominence in news groups in the nineties provide no clue to it's originator. The closest from Benny F. I could find is " If you make yourself a sheep the wolves will eat you".
Therefore, it must be simple.
-- Dilbert's Management Principle
Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski
What matters is the colony.
He's willing to live for the colony,
To fight for the colony, to die for the colony"