Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.

Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.

Because we can expect future generations to be richer than we are, no matter what we do about resources, asking read more

Because we can expect future generations to be richer than we are, no matter what we do about resources, asking us to refrain from using resources now so that future generations can have them later is like asking the poor to make gifts to the rich.

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.

The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.

What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if read more

What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free.

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. read more

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!

We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it read more

We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it can survive us knowing too much.

No one has a right to happiness.

No one has a right to happiness.