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Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.
Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October read more
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October 12, 1915.
I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it's a limit that's very seldom mentioned. read more
I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it's a limit that's very seldom mentioned. It's the point where free speech begins to collide with the right to privacy. I don't think there are any other conditions to free speech. I've got a right to say and believe anything I please, but I haven't got a right to press it on anybody else. .... Nobody's got a right to be a nuisance to his neighbors.
Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, "How will I get off?".
Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, "How will I get off?".
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
Power tires only those who do not have it.
Power tires only those who do not have it.
What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race.
What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race.
What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If read more
What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we must abandon the notion that democratic government can be the direct expression of the will of the people. We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilizations as a majority, people support or oppose the individuals who actually govern. We must say that the popular will does not direct continuously but that it intervenes occasionally.
...there is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.
...there is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.
