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By the end, everybody had a label -- pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary ... If you had everything but a gun, read more
By the end, everybody had a label -- pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary ... If you had everything but a gun, you were a radical but not a revolutionary.
When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty.
When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty.
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.
Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
Nobody is equal to anybody. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.
Nobody is equal to anybody. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
