Kleptocracies Quotes & Sayings

Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house. — David Thewlis

In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of a species. — Friedrich Nietzsche

For any ranked society, whether a chiefdom or a state, one thus has to ask, why do the commoners tolerate the transfer of the fruits of their hard labor to kleptocrats? This question raised by political theorists from Plato to Marx are raised anew by voters in every modern election. Kleptocracies with little public support run the risk of being overthrown, either by downtrodden commoners, or by upstart would be replacement kleptocrats seeking public support by promising a higher ratio of services rendered to fruits stolen. — Jared Diamond

God does not give His grace as He gives His sunshine - pouring it out on all alike. He discriminates in spiritual blessings. He gives strength according to our need. His eye is ever on us in tender, watchful love, and what we need He supplies. — J.R. Miller

All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him. — Hunter S. Thompson

I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life. — Natalie Cole

Foreign aid breeds kleptocracies, or governments of thieves. — James Bovard

Bless me or not, Lord, just as You please, for I'll not beg. — Margaret Laurence