The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. Votes: 16
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. Votes: 12
Absolute power demoralizes. Votes: 6
Socialism means slavery. Votes: 0
Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this. Votes: 0
Great men are almost always bad men. Votes: 0
The mills of God grind slowly. Votes: 0
Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime... Votes: 0
A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom Votes: 0
Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word. Votes: 0
Every class is unfit to govern. Votes: 0
From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason. Votes: 0
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought. Votes: 0
Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited. Votes: 0
Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future. Votes: 0
Many men can no more be kept straight by spiritual motives than we can live without policemen. Votes: 0
Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty. Votes: 0
Official truth is not actual truth. Votes: 0
Towns were the nursery of freedom. Votes: 0
We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong. Votes: 0