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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty read more
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
The fact that slaughter [battle] is a horrifying spectacle must make us take war more seriously, but [it does] not read more
The fact that slaughter [battle] is a horrifying spectacle must make us take war more seriously, but [it does] not provide an excuse for gradually blunting our swords in the name of humanity. Sooner or later someone will come along with a sharp sword and hack off our arms.
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
By the end, everybody had a label -- pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary ... If you had everything but a gun, read more
By the end, everybody had a label -- pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary ... If you had everything but a gun, you were a radical but not a revolutionary.
The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.
The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in read more
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. For God turned clay into men, while the read more
Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. For God turned clay into men, while the absolute despot turns men into clay.
