Maxioms Pet

X
  •   11  /  13  

    No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would you replace it with?" When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  19  /  15  

The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think read more

The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible.

  ( comments )
  12  /  10  

If we would have civilization and the exertion indispensable to its success, we must have property; if we have property, read more

If we would have civilization and the exertion indispensable to its success, we must have property; if we have property, we must have its rights; if we have the rights of property, we must take those consequences of the rights of property which are inseparable from the rights themselves.

  ( comments )
  9  /  13  

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

  ( comments )
  4  /  12  

Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, "How will I get off?".

Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, "How will I get off?".

  ( comments )
  3  /  9  

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

  ( comments )
  4  /  14  

A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.

A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.

  ( comments )
  23  /  19  

The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to 'keep and bear arms.' If it had, there would read more

The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to 'keep and bear arms.' If it had, there would have been wording such as 'the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' - July 27, 1992
Every good communist should know that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

  ( comments )
  10  /  10  

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are read more

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

  ( comments )
  10  /  16  

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Maxioms Web Pet