You May Also Like / View all maxioms
...whenever it is necessary that one of several conflicting opinions should prevail and when one would have to be made read more
...whenever it is necessary that one of several conflicting opinions should prevail and when one would have to be made to prevail by force if need be, it is less wasteful to determine which has the stronger support by counting numbers than by fighting. Democracy is the only method of peaceful change that man has yet been discovered.
Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast read more
Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.
Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.
Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.
We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.
We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.
I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences read more
I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.
It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the read more
It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.
It can not even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to suppress crime, but only to read more
It can not even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to suppress crime, but only to safeguard its own monopoly of crime.
I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if read more
I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.
A thief believes everybody steals.
A thief believes everybody steals.
