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Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to read more
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule--and both commonly succeed, and are right.
All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the read more
All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include among the ignorant themselves as well as the wisest.
El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in read more
El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.
Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.
Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.
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.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.
Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.
There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will read more
There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer.
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
