"When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers."

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"When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers."

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"No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people."

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"The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose."

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"Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark."

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