Law and Politics
163 aphorisms · 7 comments
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tiny.ag/ho6hzfu5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (642 ratings) · submitted 1997
A political machine is a united minority working against a divided majority.
Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/mwoxawkr · ★★☆☆ Fair (138 ratings) · submitted 1997
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
tiny.ag/yuvqmpjc · ★★☆☆ Fair (138 ratings) · submitted 1997
Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
tiny.ag/a1rdjbky · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
tiny.ag/zzcxms0q · ★★☆☆ Fair (166 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
tiny.ag/yh5kxuzq · ★★☆☆ Fair (158 ratings) · submitted 1997
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
Mark Twain, (inscription beneath his bust in the Hall of Fame), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/weoyuknk · ★★☆☆ Fair (714 ratings) · submitted 1997
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.
Paul Valéry, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/jjhww8cq · ★★☆☆ Fair (183 ratings) · submitted 1997
I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.
tiny.ag/f4xotdy1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (136 ratings) · submitted 1997
I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.
tiny.ag/kzothtfn · ★★☆☆ Fair (135 ratings) · submitted 1997
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
tiny.ag/5u0stmi1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (159 ratings) · submitted 1997
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
tiny.ag/sq8ko4bm · ★★☆☆ Fair (503 ratings) · submitted 1997
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
tiny.ag/is5ffzu6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (304 ratings) · submitted 1997
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
tiny.ag/x9dblm0j · ★★☆☆ Fair (92 ratings) · submitted 1997
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
tiny.ag/kxvl7q1s · ★★☆☆ Fair (276 ratings) · submitted 1997
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
tiny.ag/hgomu6th · ★★☆☆ Fair (790 ratings) · submitted 1997
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
William Shakespeare, Henry VI, in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/4awpxubp · ★★☆☆ Fair (139 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every nation ridicules other nations -- and all are right.
tiny.ag/flwibuot · ★★☆☆ Fair (93 ratings) · submitted 1997
Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.
tiny.ag/dnnrwvkr · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.
tiny.ag/czwb1kco · ★★☆☆ Fair (102 ratings) · submitted 1997
Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
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