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The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes.
The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes.
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.
Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.
It is not actual suffering but a taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
It is not actual suffering but a taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own read more
All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.
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.
The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, read more
The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.