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The fact that slaughter [battle] is a horrifying spectacle must make us take war more seriously, but [it does] not read more
The fact that slaughter [battle] is a horrifying spectacle must make us take war more seriously, but [it does] not provide an excuse for gradually blunting our swords in the name of humanity. Sooner or later someone will come along with a sharp sword and hack off our arms.
Freedom...refer[s] to a social relationship among people- namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom read more
Freedom...refer[s] to a social relationship among people- namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced whenever a decision is made under threat of force, whether or not force actually materializes or is evident in retrospect.
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.
The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.
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.
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.
In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
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.
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the read more
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.
