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You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these read more
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act read more
The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.
Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.
Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.
Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue read more
Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, read more
Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing.
The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody knows whether to genuflect or read more
The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit.