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Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with read more
The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with alacrity towards one that accrues to its own advantage; nor does it ever move towards social purposes on its own initiative, but only under heavy pressure, while its motion towards anti-social purposes is self-sprung.
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
When people revolt in a totalitarian society, they rise not against the wickedness of the regime but its weakness.
When people revolt in a totalitarian society, they rise not against the wickedness of the regime but its weakness.
No one has a right to happiness.
No one has a right to happiness.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother.
War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.
War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.
