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The celebration of unbounded individualism means, beyond some point, the acceptance of force- either private (crime, riot, vigilanteism) or public read more
The celebration of unbounded individualism means, beyond some point, the acceptance of force- either private (crime, riot, vigilanteism) or public (authoritarianism).
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, read more
The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October read more
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October 12, 1915.
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.
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.
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which read more
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.
[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard read more
[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard of the fundamental equality as regards the right to self-preservation, the creature in human shape who acts in this way is to be treated by any and all other rational humans as a wild, clever, and therefore very dangerous animal, to be destroyed (if necessary) in order to safeguard the rest.
Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and read more
Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
