Law and Politics
163 aphorisms · 7 comments
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tiny.ag/atvevbqc · submitted 1997
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
tiny.ag/qk3eo0wc · submitted 1997
The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed.
tiny.ag/d7wzdup5 · submitted 1997
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
tiny.ag/knhyutua · submitted 1997
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.
John F. Kennedy, in Law and Politics and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/uvkikrxz · submitted 1997
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
tiny.ag/2flecxec · submitted 1997
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy, (inaugural speech, 1961), in Law and Politics and War and Peace
tiny.ag/m6lj8yot · submitted 1997
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions -- it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
tiny.ag/gu6tloek · submitted 1997
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
Simon Cameron, in Altruism and Cynicism and Law and Politics
tiny.ag/e97mpzt2 · submitted 1997
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
tiny.ag/ig3zfjp4 · submitted 1997
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
tiny.ag/2hab70fi · submitted 1997
Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over 30 who is not a conservative has no brains.
tiny.ag/lanadgxk · submitted 1997
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
tiny.ag/qmh4jgbw · submitted 1997
Vote early and vote often.
tiny.ag/a1rdjbky · submitted 1997
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
tiny.ag/cjhepgxr · submitted 1997
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
tiny.ag/yuvqmpjc · submitted 1997
Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
tiny.ag/z8yeojw9 · submitted 1997
Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.
tiny.ag/dnnrwvkr · submitted 1997
A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.
tiny.ag/yxe7ui5g · submitted 1997
A nation ... is just a society for hating foreigners.
tiny.ag/mvz0j45c · submitted 1997
A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
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