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It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the read more
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him
will I give power over the read more
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him
will I give power over the nations:
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a
potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my
Father.
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.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought read more
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
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.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
