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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The more I saw of foreign countries the more I loved my own.
The more I saw of foreign countries the more I loved my own.
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard read more
[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard of the fundamental equality as regards the right to self-preservation, the creature in human shape who acts in this way is to be treated by any and all other rational humans as a wild, clever, and therefore very dangerous animal, to be destroyed (if necessary) in order to safeguard the rest.
If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
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.
The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some read more
The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.
Television is democracy at its ugliest.
Television is democracy at its ugliest.
A billion here and a billion there, and soon you're talking about real money.
A billion here and a billion there, and soon you're talking about real money.
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.
