Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making read more

One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making units, the structuring of their incentives, and the counterbalancing of the units against one another, rather than on the more usual (and more exciting) principle of substituting "the good guys" for "the bad guys.".

Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The fact is that up to now a free society has not been good for the intellectual. It has neither read more

The fact is that up to now a free society has not been good for the intellectual. It has neither accorded him a superior status to sustain his confidence nor made it easy for him to acquire an unquestioned sense of social usefulness. For he derives his sense of usefulness mainly from directing, instructing, and planning- from minding other people's business- and is bound to feel superfluous and neglected where people believe themselves competent to manage individual and communal affairs, and are impatient of supervision and regulation. A free society is as much a threat to the intellectual's sense of worth as an automated economy is to the workingman's sense of worth. Any social order that can function with a minimum of leadership will be anathema to the intellectual.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

Truth is not determined by majority vote.

Truth is not determined by majority vote.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.