It is a proof of philosophical mediocrity, today, to look for a philosophy.

It is a proof of philosophical mediocrity, today, to look for a philosophy.

To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured, commanded, by beings who have neither title, nor knowledge, nor virtue. To be governed is to have every operation, every transaction, every movement noted, registered, counted, rated, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, refused, authorized, indorsed, admonished, prevented, reformed, redressed, corrected.

To be governed ... is to be watched, inspected, directed, indoctrinated, numbered, estimated, regulated, commanded, controlled, law-driven, preached at, spied upon, censured, checked, valued, enrolled - by creatures who have neither the right, nor the wisdom, nor the virtue to do so.

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

All men in their hearts, I say, bear witness to these truths; they need only to be made to understand it.