Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. The indications are that such an impairment is brought about not by strengthening the individual and pitting him against the possessors of power, but by distributing and diversifying power and pitting one category or unit of power against the other. Where power is one, the defeated individual, however strong and resourceful, can have no refuge and no recourse.
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All revolutions...have been led by persons who knew oppression well, but not on their own skin.
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A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.
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We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
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The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
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Where things have not changed at all, there is the least likelihood of revolution.
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The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. - Reflections on Life.
