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A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read read more
A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.
Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta.
[Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna
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Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta.
[Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna
charta.]
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our read more
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to read more
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
States are great engines moving slowly.
States are great engines moving slowly.
Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.
Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.
Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.
Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.