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For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the read more
For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the contrary it is the very means of preventing revolution and civil wars. It provides a method for the peaceful adjustment of government to the will of the majority.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
Where things have not changed at all, there is the least likelihood of revolution.
Where things have not changed at all, there is the least likelihood of revolution.
If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.
If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will read more
There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer.
The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is read more
The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is not that of the man who is taken unprepared, but of him who has prepared and is never taken. On a tragedy of that kind our national morality is duly silent.
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of read more
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.