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 One of the greatest Romans, when asked where were his politics, 
replied, "Imperium et libertas." That would not make read more 
 One of the greatest Romans, when asked where were his politics, 
replied, "Imperium et libertas." That would not make a bad 
programme for a British Ministry. 
It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.
It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or read more
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
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.
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to read more
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other
Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't read more
Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain.
Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law
Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law
 It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being 
not men, but measures, that I am read more 
 It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being 
not men, but measures, that I am determined to support. In a 
monarchy it is the duty of parliament to look at the men as well 
as at the measures.