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For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the read more
For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the contrary it is the very means of preventing revolution and civil wars. It provides a method for the peaceful adjustment of government to the will of the majority.
...Although the political liberty of this country is greater than that of nearly every other civilized nation, its personal liberty read more
...Although the political liberty of this country is greater than that of nearly every other civilized nation, its personal liberty is said to be less. In other words, men are thought to be more under the control of extra-legal authorities, and to defer more to those around them, in pursuing even their lawful and innocent occupations, than in almost every other country.
Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and read more
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power- God, history, fate, nation or humanity.
They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.
They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.
I should have had a circuitous answer that was a non-answer.
I should have had a circuitous answer that was a non-answer.
One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.
One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.
