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A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.
A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.
I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns, and women join the unqualified men in running our government.
I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns, and women join the unqualified men in running our government.
The ballot is stronger than bullets. - Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.
The ballot is stronger than bullets. - Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their read more
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for proofs, and, when proofs are lacking, for mere suspicions. The moment they become aware of a definite citizen, John Doe, seeking what is his right under the law, they begin searching feverishly for an excuse for withholding it from him.
We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it read more
We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it can survive us knowing too much.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were read more
We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.
There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.
