Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.
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Some see voting as the primary tool for securing freedom.
Our faith in freedom does not rest on the foreseeable results in particular circumstances, but on the belief that it will, on balance, release more forces for …
The Socratic maxim that the recognition of our ignorance is the beginning of wisdom has profound significance for our understanding of society. Most of the adv…
The mind cannot foresee its own advance.
You can choose whatever name you like for the two types of government. I personally call the type of government which can be removed without ?violence 'democra…
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently chec…
(When) the people of the land no longer have the power to select and install their leaders, the chiefs lose their mana or power.