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    The notion of a farseeing and despotic statesman, who can lay down plans for ages yet unborn, is a fancy generated by the pride of the human intellect to which facts give no support.

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To say that a farm boy knows how to milk a cow is to say that we can send him read more

To say that a farm boy knows how to milk a cow is to say that we can send him out to the barn with an empty pail and expect him to return with milk. To say that a criminologist understands crime is not to say that we can send him out with a grant or a law and expect him to return with a lower crime rate. He is more likely to return with a report on why he has not succeeded yet, and including the inevitable need for more money, a larger staff, more sweeping powers, etc.

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A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.

A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.

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These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.

These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.

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Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

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A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

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So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war read more

So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of immense new provinces.

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The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government.

The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government.

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Don't steal. The government hates competition.

Don't steal. The government hates competition.

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