Thursday, September 6th, 2012
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They live in an artificial atmosphere of adulation and exaltation which sooner or later impairs their judgment.
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.