“In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.”
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It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
