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Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely.
Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely.
...there is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.
...there is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.
Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.
Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.
A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.
A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] read more
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
He has been called a mediocre man; but this is unwarranted flattery. He was a politician of monumental littleness.
He has been called a mediocre man; but this is unwarranted flattery. He was a politician of monumental littleness.
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the read more
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.
