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All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics read more
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own read more
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our read more
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
A thousand years scarce serve to form a state;
An hour may lay it in the dust.
A thousand years scarce serve to form a state;
An hour may lay it in the dust.
I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.
I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.
