The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.

Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.

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.

Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.