Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.

People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom read more

People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.

For every prohibition you create you also create an underground.

For every prohibition you create you also create an underground.

Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.

Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.

Politics is not an exact science.

Politics is not an exact science.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in read more

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

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.

Well, I'm not a crook.

Well, I'm not a crook.