Democracies cannot dispense with hypocrisy any more than dictatorships can with cynicism.

Georges Bernanos

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Downsides of democracy Democracy

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Georges Bernanos

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French

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Bernanos, Georges. Nous Autres Francais. Gallimard, 1939.

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Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

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In a racially divided society majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.

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Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

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Another quote originally in French

There can be no progress (real, that is, moral) except in the individual and by the individual himself.

Charles Baudelaire

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Charles Baudelaire
Language
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Time
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Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 15.

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