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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.
To some, freedom means the opportunity to do what they want to do; to most it means not to do read more
To some, freedom means the opportunity to do what they want to do; to most it means not to do what they do not want to do. It is perhaps true that those who can grow will feel free under any condition.
When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when he is the president.
When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when he is the president.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.
One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October read more
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October 12, 1915.
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.