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The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.
War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.
The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.
The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.
Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects.
Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects.
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative.
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative.
The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he read more
The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contradiction in terms for a politician to be a leader in the field of ideas. His task in a democracy is to find out what the opinions held by the largest number are, not to give currency to new opinions which may become the majority view in some distant future.
The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and read more
The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority.
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more read more
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.
Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them read more
Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.
