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How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man's needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the read more
There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man's needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated appropriation of wealth produced by others; this is the political means.
They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have read more
They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that "one man is as good as another;" a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory.
All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own read more
All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.
A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.
A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.
Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.
Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.