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All revolutions...have been led by persons who knew oppression well, but not on their own skin.
All revolutions...have been led by persons who knew oppression well, but not on their own skin.
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
Freedom released the energies of the masses not by exhilarating but by unbalancing, irritating, and goading.
Freedom released the energies of the masses not by exhilarating but by unbalancing, irritating, and goading.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] read more
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics.
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics.
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.
What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race.
What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race.
