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Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.
Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which read more
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.
All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own read more
All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.
Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.
Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the read more
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get - The Future!
In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get - The Future!