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Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. For God turned clay into men, while the read more
Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. For God turned clay into men, while the absolute despot turns men into clay.
All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to read more
All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its read more
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.
I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.
Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for the appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for the appointment by the corrupt few.
Discontent does not invariably create a desire for change. Other factors have to be present before discontent turns into disaffection. read more
Discontent does not invariably create a desire for change. Other factors have to be present before discontent turns into disaffection. One of these is a sense of power.