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If the small minority of enlightened citizens who are able to conceive sound principles of political management do not succeed read more
If the small minority of enlightened citizens who are able to conceive sound principles of political management do not succeed in winning the support of their fellow citizens and converting them to the endorsement of policies that bring and preserve prosperity, the cause of mankind and civilization is hopeless. There is no other means to safeguard a propitious development of human affairs than to make the masses of inferior people adopt the ideas of the elite. This has to be achieved by convincing them. It cannot be accomplished by a despotic regime that instead of enlightening the masses beats them into submission. In the long run the ideas of the majority, however detrimental they may be, will carry on. The future of mankind depends on the ability of the elite to influence public opinion in the right direction.
Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force.
Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force.
There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because read more
There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
As hard as modern man strives to be free he is a slave chained to the past.
As hard as modern man strives to be free he is a slave chained to the past.
I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective read more
I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy.
The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy.
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.
The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.
