Author: Ameen Rihani

Quotes

Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below.

Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below.

- Ameen Rihani

Revolution applies a local anaesthetic to one class of society and operates on the other.

Revolution applies a local anaesthetic to one class of society and operates on the other.

- Ameen Rihani

Society may be likened to a rod, which only a just government can balance properly.

Society may be likened to a rod, which only a just government can balance properly.

- Ameen Rihani

Old Arabic books, printed in Bulaq, generally have a broad margin wherein a separate work, independent of the text, adds gloom to the page.

Old Arabic books, printed in Bulaq, generally have a broad margin wherein a separate work, independent of the text, adds gloom to the page.

- Ameen Rihani

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