Character: Swift

The professors there were completely crazy people. These unfortunate people offered ways to convince the monarch to choose his favorites from among the smart, capable and virtuous people, to reward people worthy, talented, who rendered outstanding services to society; and many other wild and impossible fantasies that never originated in the minds of sane people.

Democracy is always false leaders who, in order to achieve their selfish goals, usurp the voice of the people.

There can be no victory for the plebeians that does not pave the way for tyranny and despotism.

The people are gullible and tied to the demagogues.

To be happy means to constantly be in the position of being cleverly deceived.

When Jack started some kind of vileness, he would kneel, sometimes right into the ditch, roll his eyes and begin to pray.

The main goal that I have set for myself in all my works is to offend people rather than to entertain them.

In vain are people trying to weigh law and lawlessness, truth and falsehood on the scales - the more sensitive the scales, the sooner they will go out of use.

The same vices and follies reign everywhere.

People weaker than death because she has the advantage: she knows the hour of his coming, and the man in the dark...