Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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The analogy oversimplifies complex economic systems and ignores non-governmental factors.
The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we sh…
I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them, they cannot love us …
Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. (299)
The disposition of mankind, whether as rulers or as fellow-citizens, to impose their own opinions and inclinations as a rule of conduct on others, is so energe…
The Bush Administration do have moral values. Their moral values are very explicit: shine the boots of the rich and the powerful, kick everybody else in the fa…