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Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.
Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.
Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites".
Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites".
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to read more
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
Justice is incidental to law and order.
Justice is incidental to law and order.
Equality of the general rules of law and conduct, however, is the only kind of equality conducive to liberty and read more
Equality of the general rules of law and conduct, however, is the only kind of equality conducive to liberty and the only equality which we can secure without destroying liberty. Not only has liberty nothing to do with any other sort of equality, but it is even bound to produce inequality in many respects. This is the necessary result and part of the justification of individual liberty: if the result of individual liberty did not demonstrate that some manners of living are more successful than others, much of the case for it would vanish.
The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors, and read more
The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors, and that's what it would take.
If we truly cared about our children and future generations, instead of demagoging about them, we'd worry more about saving read more
If we truly cared about our children and future generations, instead of demagoging about them, we'd worry more about saving liberty than saving Social Security.
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.
