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We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count read more
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics read more
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has read more
A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
So then because some towns in England are not represented,
America is to have no representative at all. They read more
So then because some towns in England are not represented,
America is to have no representative at all. They are "our
children"; but when children ask for bread we are not to give a
stone.
I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the read more
I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the democratic government is at least as bad as any of the other forms
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to read more
Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life.
