Keith Preston Quotes

• Democracy: An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.

  Keith Preston

  Art, Democracy, Scum

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• The great god Ra, whose shrine once covered acres, is filler now for crossword puzzle makers.

  Keith Preston

  God, Religion, Acres

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• It is a logical absurdity to equate democracy with freedom in the way that mainstream political philosophers and commentators typically do. A system where individuals and minorities are at the mercy of unconstrained majorities hardly constitutes freedom in any meaningful sense.

  Keith Preston

  Meaningful, Political, Democracy

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• He must not laugh at his own wheeze: a snuff box has no right to sneeze.

  Keith Preston

  Laughing, Snuff, Boxes

  Keith Preston (1921). “Splinters”

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• The light ones may be killers, the dark ones mild; not the wrappers but the fillers, make cigars or women wild.

  Keith Preston

  Dark, Light, Killers

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