In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.

In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us read more

...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of the factors on which the achievements of our ends and welfare depend.

Our elections are free -- it's in the results where eventually we pay.

Our elections are free -- it's in the results where eventually we pay.

I think most historians will agree that the part played by impulses of selfish, individual aggression in the holocausts of read more

I think most historians will agree that the part played by impulses of selfish, individual aggression in the holocausts of history was small; first and foremost, the slaughter was meant as an offering to the gods, to king and country, or the future happiness of mankind. The crimes of Caligula shrink to insignificance compared to the havoc wrought by Torquemada. The number of victims of robbers, highwaymen, rapists, gangsters and other criminals at any period of history is negligible compared to the massive numbers of those cheerfully slain in the name of the true religion, just policy, or correct ideology.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.

My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.