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I don't know exactly what democracy is. But we need more of it.
I don't know exactly what democracy is. But we need more of it.
Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely.
Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely.
In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they read more
In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up.
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to read more
Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule -and both commonly succeed, and are right.
Ideology has very little to do with "consciousness" -- it is profoundly unconscious.
Ideology has very little to do with "consciousness" -- it is profoundly unconscious.
The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of limited resources that it is read more
The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of limited resources that it is commonly employed only by small children and great nations.
Taking the State wherever found, striking into its history at any point, one sees no way to differentiate the activities read more
Taking the State wherever found, striking into its history at any point, one sees no way to differentiate the activities of its founders, administrators and beneficiaries from those of a professional-criminal class.
Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed read more
Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
