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.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

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.]

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

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.