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I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is read more
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.
Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius read more
Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.
Beneath the ivory
towers of Harvard
are the catacombs
in which a hundred
thousand mice are caged.
Beneath the ivory
towers of Harvard
are the catacombs
in which a hundred
thousand mice are caged.
Force shites upon Reason's Back.
Force shites upon Reason's Back.
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of read more
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.
Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob
Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.
Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.
The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.