Bill Maher on democracy
Bill Maher122 quotes“You want to spend your millions on a worthless cause? Try donating it to the Democrats.”
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Maybe a president who didn’t believe our soldiers were going to heaven might be a little less willing to get them killed.
Bill MaherBill Maher Curious people are interesting people, I wonder why that is.
Bill MaherBill Maher Now people want Brian Williams to resign, but it could have a happy ending. Apparently what he said was such a blatant departure from the truth, today he got an offer from Fox News.
Bill MaherBill Maher Hot women have to stop putting long paragraphs of text on their bodies. I know you think it’s sexy but one thing that men never think is, “Gee, you know what would make this sex better? Having something to read.”
Bill MaherBill Maher Hollywood isn’t your cesspool, America. It’s your mirror.
Bill MaherBill Maher What I believe in is love your neighbor as yourself and don’t call him stupid because they don’t agree with you politically.
Bill MaherBill Maher Again, (America is) a stupid country with stupid people who don’t pay attention.
Bill MaherBill Maher The reason I love my dog so much is because when I come home, he’s the only one in the world who treats me like I’m the Beatles.
Bill MaherBill Maher Let’s make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake – you know, to send the right message to kids.
Bill MaherBill Maher I always compare marriage to communism. They’re both institutions that don’t conform to human nature, so you’re going to end up with lying and hypocrisy.
Bill MaherBill Maher Trusting the government to monitor your calls without listening. It’s kind of like trusting Chris Christie to pick up the McDonald’s and not eat the fries on the way home.
Bill MaherBill Maher Some people think I enjoy debate. I don’t. I wish everyone agreed with me; it would save a lot of time.
Bill MaherBill Maher If conservatives get to call universal healthcare ‘socialized medicine,’ I get to call private, for-profit healthcare ‘soulless, vampire bastards making money off human pain.’
Bill MaherBill Maher If you believe that the world is going to come to an end – and perhaps any day now – does it not drain one’s motivation to improve life on earth while we’re here?
Bill MaherBill Maher We had a national tragedy this week, and the President of the United States and Sarah Palin both made speeches on the same day. Obama came out against lunatics with guns, she gave the rebuttal.
Bill MaherBill Maher The idea that men are from Mars and women are from Venus is a bunch of bullshit. Treat her like you would a friend, and you’ll wind up with a lover.
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They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on democracy
Public sentiment should be respected.
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath In a democracy, there should be representation from every field.
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath Vegetarian food is actually good for the body.
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath Winning and losing have their significance in a democracy. But there should be no arrogance in victory, nor should there be any despondency in defeat.
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath The crisis of modern democracy is a profound one. Free elections, a free press and an independent judiciary mean little when the free market has reduced them to commodities available on sale to the highest bidder.
Arundhati RoyArundhati Roy Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has been hollowed out, and it has been returned to us as a vehicle for the free market, of the corporations. For the corporations, by the corporations.
Arundhati RoyArundhati Roy Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by those led, – this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern society
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of non-Muslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of Muslims.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah
