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Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
Tourists are terrorists with cameras. Terrorists are tourists with guns.
Tourists are terrorists with cameras. Terrorists are tourists with guns.
The ability to get along without an exceptional leader is the mark of social vigor.
The ability to get along without an exceptional leader is the mark of social vigor.
It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs read more
It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs to fight it. But it is a proof of the fact that those taking recourse to violent oppression are in their subconsciousness convinced of the untenability of their own doctrines.
...democracy can be interpreted to assert not only equality before the law but also essentialistic identity in all respects. This read more
...democracy can be interpreted to assert not only equality before the law but also essentialistic identity in all respects. This is expressed in the claim, "All men are created equal," which is something very different from the statement, "All men have equal rights and are equal before the law." Anyone who believes in the genetic uniqueness of every individual thereby believes in the conclusion, "No two individuals are created equal.".
Television is democracy at its ugliest.
Television is democracy at its ugliest.
A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held read more
A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held in November.
A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.
A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.