Government and Politics
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been4.5 · 16 votes · 57 reads
Government and Politics
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.3.4 · 57 votes · 199 reads
Thought and Reason
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.4.1 · 18 votes · 158 reads
Society
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.4.6 · 54 votes · 157 reads
Thought and Reason
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.3.1 · 5 votes · 109 reads
Feelings
Nothing is so exhilarating in life as to be shot at with no result.4.0 · 10 votes · 16 reads
Art and Culture
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.3.0 · 38 votes · 12 reads
Government and Politics
Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.3.3 · 37 votes · 145 reads
Countries
Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. [About Russia]3.9 · 54 votes · 92 reads
Thought and Reason
Say what you have to say and first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending; sit down.4.7 · 14 votes · 136 reads
Government and Politics
Socialism is like a dream. Sooner or later you wake up to reality.3.8 · 25 votes · 197 reads
Government and Politics
Socialists think profits are a vice; I consider losses the real vice.3.2 · 47 votes · 126 reads
Government and Politics
Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.4.9 · 14 votes · 166 reads
Society
Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.4.5 · 7 votes · 128 reads
Nature
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.3.4 · 57 votes · 125 reads
Government and Politics
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.3.2 · 52 votes · 120 reads
Government and Politics
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.4.9 · 36 votes · 150 reads
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