{"id":4922,"date":"2004-07-26T19:24:49","date_gmt":"2004-07-26T23:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/o-pshaw\/"},"modified":"2004-07-26T19:24:49","modified_gmt":"2004-07-26T23:24:49","slug":"o-pshaw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/o-pshaw\/","title":{"rendered":"o pshaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In this political season, here are some of our favorite George Bernard Shaw<\/FONT><\/A><\/STRONG> quotations (from quotations page.com<\/A>):  <\/P>
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. <\/P>
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You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. 
                      “Misalliance” <\/EM><\/P>
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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you
were born in it.            <\/P>
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You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
                       “Misalliance”<\/EM> <\/P>
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. 

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a
drunken man is happier than a sober one. <\/P>
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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
                        Major Barbara<\/EM> (1907) act 3 <\/P>
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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
                      Man and Superman<\/EM> (1903) “Maxims for Revolutionists” <\/P>
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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth
without producing it.
                     Candida <\/EM>(1898) act 1 <\/P>
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Martyrdom… is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. 
                     The Devil’s Disciple<\/EM> (1901) act 3 <\/P>
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All professions are conspiracies against the laity.
                     The Doctor’s Dilemma<\/EM> (1911) act 1 <\/P>
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
                     Caesar and Cleopatra<\/EM> (1901) <\/P>
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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