It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, read more

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on read more

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them

Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.

Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.

People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.

People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human
immaturity.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human
immaturity.

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie read more

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.