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The better part of statesmanship might be to know clearly and precisely what not to do.
The better part of statesmanship might be to know clearly and precisely what not to do.
A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a read more
A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then there are complications in the form of minor witnesses, the protagonist finally appears and contradictions arise to produce drama, and finally as both jury and spectators grow weary and confused the pace quickens, reaching its climax in passionate final argument.
Governments will always misuse the machinery of the law as far as the state of public opinion permits.
Governments will always misuse the machinery of the law as far as the state of public opinion permits.
We do not have censorship. What we have is a limitation on what newspapers can report.
We do not have censorship. What we have is a limitation on what newspapers can report.
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world.
If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world.
The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the read more
The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people.
Mystical references to "society" and its programs to "help" may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really read more
Mystical references to "society" and its programs to "help" may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.
We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.
We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.
