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When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when he is the president.
When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when he is the president.
Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes."N.B.: A lesser-known version of this quotation was read more
Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes."N.B.: A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757: "By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes. - Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775.
People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom read more
People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have read more
When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government -- he promised Dad he'd go straight.
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government -- he promised Dad he'd go straight.
Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.
Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.
Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is read more
Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery.
