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The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.
The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.
Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its read more
Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
 Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but 
where men are who know how read more 
 Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but 
where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are 
cities and walls. 
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in read more
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
 "Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as 
anything comes across him in the read more 
 "Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as 
anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens 
not to like. 
 So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
 [Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more 
 So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
 [Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius 
inflexum sit.] 
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work read more
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.
I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.