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All government, of course, is against liberty.

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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

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What men value in the world is not rights but privileges.

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Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed and...more

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Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

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When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is the fact t...more

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The most erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their in...more

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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

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Government today is growing too strong to be safe. There are no longer any citizens in the world there are only subjects. They work day in and day out...more

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Before one may scare the plain people one must first have a firm understanding of the bugaboos that most facilely alarm them. One must study the schem...more

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It seems to be difficult if not impossible for human beings to avoid thinking of government as mystical entity with a nature and a history all its own...more

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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

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In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. Thi...more