Quote by: George Bernard Shaw

In your dread of dictators you established a state of society in which every ward boss is a dictator, every financier a dictator, every private employer a dictator, all with the livelihood of the workers at their mercy, and no public responsibility. And to symbolize this state of things, this defeat of all government, you have set up in New York Harbour a monstrous idol which you call Liberty. The only thing that remains to complete this monument is to put on its pedestal the inscription written by Dante on the gate of Hell ‘All hope abandon, ye who enter here.


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Author Bio


  • NameGeorge Bernard Shaw
  • DescriptionIrish playwright
  • BornJuly 26, 1856
  • DiedNovember 2, 1950
  • CountryIreland; United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland; United Kingdom
  • ProfessionMusic Critic; Politician; Playwright; Linguist; Screenwriter; Writer; Artist
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Academy Awards Oscar