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Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.
The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it read more
The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. - Reflections on Life.
Property rights are not the rights of property; they are the rights of humans with regard to property. They are read more
Property rights are not the rights of property; they are the rights of humans with regard to property. They are a particular kind of human right.
Canada has never been a melting pot; more like a tossed salad.
Canada has never been a melting pot; more like a tossed salad.
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
...it may fairly be doubted if any political tyranny ever imposed on its people such a fear, such a longing read more
...it may fairly be doubted if any political tyranny ever imposed on its people such a fear, such a longing for freedom, such a paralysis of the spirit, as disease. I doubt if the average Englishman felt himself as much oppressed by Charles I as by the plague; or if any colonial American was as much in dread of taxation without representation as of smallpox. And it may reasonably be contended that Walter Reed and William Crawford Gorgas brought to man freedom in a more happy sense and in a larger measure than any military or political leader.
The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.
The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.
The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
