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An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.
Crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it.
Crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
The public must be put in its place, so that it may exercise its own powers, but no less and read more
The public must be put in its place, so that it may exercise its own powers, but no less and perhaps even more, so that each of us may live free of the trampling and the roar of a bewildered herd.
If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government.
If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government.
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole read more
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."
N.B.: This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms. - Gandhi, An Autobiography.
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against read more
Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against change...[T]he progress of humanity, far from being the result of government, has been made entirely without its aid and in the face if its constant and bitter opposition.
