"My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles."

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"My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles."

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"The most dangerous thing to the USA population is not North Korea, it is the USA government."

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"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."

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"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."

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"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."

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"The role of political leadership in any society will remain critical to the socio-economic progression of the world. It is however worrying to see the growing number of people, including the youth, getting into politics for economic gain and not for a cause. This, inter alia, is the contaminated seed and eventual root of chronic corruption because such leadership will always be selfishly seeking gain and enrichment from their roles and offices."

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"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."

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"Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit."

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"The most dangerous thing to the USA population is not North Korea, it is the USA government."

"Politicians look for interests not people."

"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."

"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."

"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."

"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."

"Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish enthrallment to those in power."

"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."

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"Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit."

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"Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds."

"Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory."

"Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth."

"A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art."

"There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour."

"The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do."