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Government and Politics
In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.3.0 · 43 votes · 173 reads
Government and Politics
It is almost never when a state of things is the most detestable that it is smashed, but when, beginning to improve, it permits men to breathe, to reflect, to communicate their thoughts with each other, and to gauge by what they already have the extent of4.3 · 40 votes · 143 reads
Government and Politics
Scarcely any political question arises in the United States that is not resolved, sooner or later, into a judicial question.4.0 · 53 votes · 153 reads
Government and Politics
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the3.8 · 27 votes · 196 reads
Thought and Reason
The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.3.9 · 33 votes · 135 reads
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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.3.3 · 55 votes · 93 reads
Government and Politics
There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democratic nation: to start a war and to end it.5.0 · 24 votes · 104 reads
Various
Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.3.9 · 12 votes · 42 reads