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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the healing.
By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the healing.
For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the read more
For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the contrary it is the very means of preventing revolution and civil wars. It provides a method for the peaceful adjustment of government to the will of the majority.
The price of power is responsibility for the public good.
The price of power is responsibility for the public good.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last, fearing to be free, they read more
It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last, fearing to be free, they multiply their own chains. You can liberate a freeman, but you cannot liberate a slave.
People constantly speak of "the government" doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the read more
People constantly speak of "the government" doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the government is really nothing but a group of men, and usually they are very inferior men. They may have some better man working for them, but they themselves are seldom worthy of any respect.
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."N. B.: This read more
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."N. B.: This quote is commonly attributed to Voltaire, but it is not found in his writing. - The Friends of Voltaire.
