Day 1,804: degenerate

If strongman rule degenerated into the arbitrary exercise of power, it would eventually destroy the property rights that they depend on.

A triumph for Indian democracy

Artwork of the day 
Self-portrait of a 'Degenerate Artist'
Oskar Kokoschka
Date: 1937
Style: Expressionism
Genre: self-portrait
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

Word of the day 
degenerate: to become worse in quality

Quote of the day
“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”

― Elie Wiesel