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2006 November 17
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"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it." |
"'For your own good' is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction." |
"There is as far as I know, no example in history, of any state voluntarily ceding power from the centre to its constituent parts." |
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2006 November 16
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"Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power.
The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed.
This is a major reason for promoting freedom." |
"The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed,
for the vast masses of a nation are in the depths of their hearts more
easily deceived than they are consciously and intentionally bad. The
primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a
big lie than a small one, for they themselves often tell little lies,
but would be ashamed to tell big lies." |
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant
pervert the plain Meaning of Words!" |
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2006 November 15
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"It is the theory of all modern civilized governments
that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen;
it is the practice of all of them to limit its exercise,
and sometimes very narrowly." |
"The people have always some champion
whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs,
when he first appears he is a protector." |
"The concentrating [of powers] in the same hands
is precisely the definition of despotic government.
It will be no alleviation that these powers will be
exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one." |
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2006 November 14
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"Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds." |
"O liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!" |
"In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I didn't speak up because I was a protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me." |
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2006 November 13
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"Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress." |
"The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny." |
"Watch out for the fellow
who talks about putting things in order!
Putting things in order always means
getting other people under your control." |
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