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That government is best which governs least.
That government is best which governs least.
I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.
I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
Don't talk to me about atrocities in war; all war is an atrocity.
Don't talk to me about atrocities in war; all war is an atrocity.
Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'etre to the imperfection of man and can read more
Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'etre to the imperfection of man and can attain their end, the elimination of man's innate impulse to violence, only by recourse to violence, the very thing they are called upon to prevent.
Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. For God turned clay into men, while the read more
Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. For God turned clay into men, while the absolute despot turns men into clay.
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.
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
