Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of the others. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.
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Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.
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Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the
systematic organization of hatreds.
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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
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Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.
