The danger inherent in reform is that the cure may be worse than the disease. Reform is an operation on the social body; but unlike medical surgeons, reformers are not on guard against unpredictable side effects which may divert the course of reform toward unwanted results. Moreover, quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.
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In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.
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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
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In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people.
Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards.
Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards.
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
The plans differ; the planners are all alike...
The plans differ; the planners are all alike...
