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If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.
If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.
So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war read more
So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of immense new provinces.
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold read more
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.
The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or read more
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
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.
The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.
The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.
There's only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the read more
There's only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.