Truth is not determined by majority vote.

Truth is not determined by majority vote.

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like read more

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.

Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.

The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.

The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.

There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.

There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the read more

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should read more

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.