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Politics makes strange bed-fellows.
Politics makes strange bed-fellows.
...when we renounce the self and become part of a compact whole, we not only renounce personal advantage but are read more
...when we renounce the self and become part of a compact whole, we not only renounce personal advantage but are also rid of personal responsibility. There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and the vague stirrings of decency that go with individual judgement. When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom- freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse. Herein undoubtedly lies part of the attractiveness of a mass movement.
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from read more
If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so when it is also an opportunity for doing read more
Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so when it is also an opportunity for doing wrong.
...a man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
...a man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.
Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.
