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Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to read more
Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life.
Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.
Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as
regards its own people, is the strongest government read more
Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as
regards its own people, is the strongest government in the world
at this hour? And for this simple reason, that it is based on
the will, and the good will, of an instructed people.
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but
where men are who know how read more
Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but
where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are
cities and walls.
Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.