The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation.
Learn as much by writing as by reading.
Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.