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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will read more
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to read more
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
Socialism is Bolshevism with a shave.
Socialism is Bolshevism with a shave.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
I think most historians will agree that the part played by impulses of selfish, individual aggression in the holocausts of read more
I think most historians will agree that the part played by impulses of selfish, individual aggression in the holocausts of history was small; first and foremost, the slaughter was meant as an offering to the gods, to king and country, or the future happiness of mankind. The crimes of Caligula shrink to insignificance compared to the havoc wrought by Torquemada. The number of victims of robbers, highwaymen, rapists, gangsters and other criminals at any period of history is negligible compared to the massive numbers of those cheerfully slain in the name of the true religion, just policy, or correct ideology.
What you cannot enforce, do not command.
What you cannot enforce, do not command.
The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.
Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
