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It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from
ambush. It will be a slow extinction from read more
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from
ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference,and
undernourishment.
Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud read more
Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.
Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me. But it can keep him from lynching read more
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me. But it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.
If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.
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.
