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There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you
If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor read more
If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.
Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.
spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.
Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.
spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one read more
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.
Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my read more
Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my political life, which is this: a belief that that country is best governed, which is least governed ...
. . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to
determine whether a republican government read more
. . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to
determine whether a republican government is practicable in a
nation or not.
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
