The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with alacrity towards one that accrues to its own advantage; nor does it ever move towards social purposes on its own initiative, but only under heavy pressure, while its motion towards anti-social purposes is self-sprung.
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Crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it.
Crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it.
It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As read more
It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As a matter of fact, a dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State read more
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.
It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that read more
It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.
The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the read more
The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks read more
All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks but seldom changes the way the world works. Lasting historical change comes not through tidal waves but through the irresistible creeping tide.
The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.
The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
