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It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have read more
The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, "How will I get off?".
Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, "How will I get off?".
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.
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and read more
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power- God, history, fate, nation or humanity.
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.
No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.
El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in read more
El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.
The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.
The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.
