To say that a farm boy knows how to milk a cow is to say that we can send him out to the barn with an empty pail and expect him to return with milk. To say that a criminologist understands crime is not to say that we can send him out with a grant or a law and expect him to return with a lower crime rate. He is more likely to return with a report on why he has not succeeded yet, and including the inevitable need for more money, a larger staff, more sweeping powers, etc.
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To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.
To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.
Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against read more
Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against change...[T]he progress of humanity, far from being the result of government, has been made entirely without its aid and in the face if its constant and bitter opposition.
Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.
Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.
It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it read more
It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.
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.
It is not actual suffering but a taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
It is not actual suffering but a taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and read more
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.
Don't talk to me about atrocities in war; all war is an atrocity.
Don't talk to me about atrocities in war; all war is an atrocity.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
