In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.
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It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.
All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.
In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally read more
In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.
Nothing's more dull and negligent
Than an old, lazy government,
That knows no interest of state,
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Nothing's more dull and negligent
Than an old, lazy government,
That knows no interest of state,
But such as serves a present strait.
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.
"Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as
anything comes across him in the read more
"Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as
anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens
not to like.
A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has read more
A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
