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A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
I have not yet begun to fight!
I have not yet begun to fight!
...as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst read more
...as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.
It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last, fearing to be free, they read more
It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last, fearing to be free, they multiply their own chains. You can liberate a freeman, but you cannot liberate a slave.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would read more
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would you replace it with?" When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?
Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.
Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.
Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.
