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He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.
It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!
It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!
Don't steal. The government hates competition.
Don't steal. The government hates competition.
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
No serious historian of politics would imagine that he had accounted for the protective tariff of the system of bounties read more
No serious historian of politics would imagine that he had accounted for the protective tariff of the system of bounties or subsidies, for the monetary and banking laws, for the state of law in regard to corporate privileges and immunities, for the actual status of property rights, for agricultural or for labor policies, until he had gone behind the general claims and the abstract justifications and had identified the specifically interested groups which promoted the specific law.
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.
Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. read more
Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for the appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for the appointment by the corrupt few.
