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For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known, for knowledge is the image of existence; and things mean read more
For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known, for knowledge is the image of existence; and things mean and splendid exist alike.
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Up men to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia. - Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Up men to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia. - Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
A thief believes everybody steals.
A thief believes everybody steals.
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their read more
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for proofs, and, when proofs are lacking, for mere suspicions. The moment they become aware of a definite citizen, John Doe, seeking what is his right under the law, they begin searching feverishly for an excuse for withholding it from him.
I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. read more
I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
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.
