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The fact that slaughter [battle] is a horrifying spectacle must make us take war more seriously, but [it does] not read more
The fact that slaughter [battle] is a horrifying spectacle must make us take war more seriously, but [it does] not provide an excuse for gradually blunting our swords in the name of humanity. Sooner or later someone will come along with a sharp sword and hack off our arms.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
Politics is the art of the possible.
Politics is the art of the possible.
I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this read more
I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball.
The political world is stimulating. It's the most interesting thing you can do. It beats following the dollar.
The political world is stimulating. It's the most interesting thing you can do. It beats following the dollar.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
My father was a minister. I had to make up for the lack of sin.
My father was a minister. I had to make up for the lack of sin.
We are as free as and free in exactly the sense that our neuronal processes are free.
We are as free as and free in exactly the sense that our neuronal processes are free.
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which read more
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.
