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The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that read more
The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has made things worse. The black family- which survived slavery, discrimination, poverty, wars and depressions- began to come apart as the federal government moved in with its well-financed programs to "help.".
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in read more
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.
A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.
A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.
When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue read more
Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
The frustrated follow a leader less because of their faith that he is leading them to a promised land than read more
The frustrated follow a leader less because of their faith that he is leading them to a promised land than because of their immediate feeling that he is leading them away from their unwanted selves. Surrender to a leader is not a means to an end but a fulfillment. Whither they are led is of secondary importance.
Where things have not changed at all, there is the least likelihood of revolution.
Where things have not changed at all, there is the least likelihood of revolution.
Politics makes strange bed-fellows.
Politics makes strange bed-fellows.
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
