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I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best read more
I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best method.
[Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio,
nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]
Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim
insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other.
Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim
insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other.
England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little read more
England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie read more
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.
It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be read more
It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of read more
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close read more
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.