Laywers, I suppose, were children once.

Laywers, I suppose, were children once.

All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.

All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not read more

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.

The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.

The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also read more

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

Crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it.

Crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] read more

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.