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 man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be read more

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.

We should...be able to see that our interest would be best served not by asking the state to promulgate our read more

We should...be able to see that our interest would be best served not by asking the state to promulgate our values but by forbidding the state to promulgate any values at all. If the state can espouse some value that we love, it can, with equal justice, espouse others we do not love.

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.