To say that a farm boy knows how to milk a cow is to say that we can send him out to the barn with an empty pail and expect him to return with milk. To say that a criminologist understands crime is not to say that we can send him out with a grant or a law and expect him to return with a lower crime rate. He is more likely to return with a report on why he has not succeeded yet, and including the inevitable need for more money, a larger staff, more sweeping powers, etc.
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...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.
Diebold controls 20% of the nation's voting machines..
totals can apparently be manipulated from outside
the voting area.
(on Diane read more
Diebold controls 20% of the nation's voting machines..
totals can apparently be manipulated from outside
the voting area.
(on Diane Rehm Show)
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/votefraud.html.
I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.
I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.
To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.
To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.
It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it read more
It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.
Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality.
Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality.
A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it read more
A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.
Tauzin backs term limits -- But he thinks it's a bad idea.
Tauzin backs term limits -- But he thinks it's a bad idea.
Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and read more
Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn duty, in the performance of acts which all self-respecting individuals refrain from as a matter of common decency.
