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Keith Preston Quotes

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

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

Keith Preston
Art, Democracy, Scum

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

Keith Preston
God, Religion, Acres

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

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”

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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