The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.
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Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
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The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal.
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Delegating means letting others become the experts and hence the best.
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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
