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Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy. [Psalms 64:1].
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy. [Psalms 64:1].
Politics: (noun) From Greek, poly, meaning many, and ticks, meaning bloodsuckers.
Politics: (noun) From Greek, poly, meaning many, and ticks, meaning bloodsuckers.
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative.
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is read more
The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is not that of the man who is taken unprepared, but of him who has prepared and is never taken. On a tragedy of that kind our national morality is duly silent.
We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may read more
We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.
The danger inherent in reform is that the cure may be worse than the disease. Reform is an operation on read more
The danger inherent in reform is that the cure may be worse than the disease. Reform is an operation on the social body; but unlike medical surgeons, reformers are not on guard against unpredictable side effects which may divert the course of reform toward unwanted results. Moreover, quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.
...no civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
...no civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
