Quotes by Shaw, George Bernard

In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary la >>

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone: the civilized man to >>

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hol >>

Quotations about Government

Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next bes >>

When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to i >>

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administer >>

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols.

Shaw, George Bernard