...whenever it is necessary that one of several conflicting opinions should prevail and when one would have to be made to prevail by force if need be, it is less wasteful to determine which has the stronger support by counting numbers than by fighting. Democracy is the only method of peaceful change that man has yet been discovered.
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
If we truly cared about our children and future generations, instead of demagoging about them, we'd worry more about saving read more
If we truly cared about our children and future generations, instead of demagoging about them, we'd worry more about saving liberty than saving Social Security.
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would read more
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would you replace it with?" When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?
The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the read more
The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.
Without a country, I am not a man.
Without a country, I am not a man.
Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.
Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.
Delegating means letting others become the experts and hence the best.
Delegating means letting others become the experts and hence the best.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
