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The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.
The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.
Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems read more
Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are read more
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.
Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you read more
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.
Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions
Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions
Rhetoric is nothing, but reason well dressed and argument put in order.
Rhetoric is nothing, but reason well dressed and argument put in order.
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.
Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.