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Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
...the argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason read more
...the argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.
The US has a vital interest in that area of the country [Latin America].
The US has a vital interest in that area of the country [Latin America].
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
Politics: (noun) From Greek, poly, meaning many, and ticks, meaning bloodsuckers.
Politics: (noun) From Greek, poly, meaning many, and ticks, meaning bloodsuckers.
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.
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.
True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good.
True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good.
The more I saw of foreign countries the more I loved my own.
The more I saw of foreign countries the more I loved my own.
