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In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only read more
In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only proceed from the publick. The publick, then, is to be watched, in this country, as, in other countries kings and aristocrats are to be watched.
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom read more
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of read more
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.
Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.
The state is the great fiction by which everybody tries to live at the expense of everybody else.
The state is the great fiction by which everybody tries to live at the expense of everybody else.
The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody knows whether to genuflect or read more
The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit.
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by read more
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.