Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2012-05-12 May 11, 2012Here is the Golden Rule of sound citizenship, the first and greatest lesson in the study of politics: You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you give the State to do things FOR you carries with it the equivalent power to do things TO you.~ Albert Jay NockIdealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.~ Aldous HuxleyThose who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.~ Bertolt Brecht May 10, 2012We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions: one private, which we are afraid to express; and another one - the one we use - which we force ourselves to wear to please Mrs. Grundy, until habit makes us comfortable in it, and the custom of defending it presently makes us love it, adore it, and forget how pitifully we came by it. Look at it in politics.~ Mark TwainDemocracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.~ Alan CorenkIf a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.~ Anatole France May 9, 2012The media I've had a lot to do with is lazy. We fed them and they ate it every day.~ Michael DeaverThe mission of the Gestapo expanded steadily as, from 1933 onward, “political criminality” was given a much broader definition than ever before and most forms of dissent and criticism were gradually criminalized. The result was that more “laws” or lawlike measures were put on the books than ever.~ Shelia FitzpatrickThe threat of people acting in their own enlightened and rational self-interest strikes bureaucrats, politicians and social workers as ominous and dangerous.~ W. G. Hill May 8, 2012A reasonable action on the part of the majority is very rare, while the evidence of mob stupidity and brutality is overwhelming. The majority in power make laws for their own financial benefit, disregarding the interests of the minority, and when the weak minority, by adding to its numbers, becomes powerful, it, in turn, does the same thing; thus, by appealing to power to settle their conflicting interests, the conflict would go on forever. ~ Charles T. SpradingIt is a general maxim that all governments find a use for as much money as they can raise. Indeed, they have commonly demands for more...I take this as a settled truth, that they will all spend as much as their revenue; that is, will live up to their income.~ James SmithA little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.~ P. J. O'Rourke May 7, 2012The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.~ William Henry HarrisonThere's nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.~ William JamesEvery reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print