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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested read more
Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water
I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best read more
I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best method.
[Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio,
nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
In politics nothing is contemptible.
In politics nothing is contemptible.
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
The White Plume of Navarre.
The White Plume of Navarre.
