“What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.”
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Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
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 is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
