But who is to guard the guards themselves?

Juvenal · Satire VI

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things—bread and circuses!

Juvenal · Satire X

Censure pardons the raven, but is visited upon the dove.

Juvenal · Satire II

We all live in a state of ambitious poverty.

Juvenal · Satire III

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I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear.

Margaret Chase Smith · The source reads: “The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear.” · Declaration of Conscience, U.S. Senate (June 1, 1950)

Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.

Samuel Johnson

Property has its duties as well as its rights.

Thomas Drummond

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“But who is to guard the guards themselves?”

“The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things—bread and circuses!”

“Censure pardons the raven, but is visited upon the dove.”

“We all live in a state of ambitious poverty.”

“I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear.”

“Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.”

“Property has its duties as well as its rights.”