There are men who believe in a government of laws, not men; but they are not the men who govern.
Sep 242020
Ruling
In ’37 Stalin made a hash
Of party loyalists and army brass.
Decimation: One in ten are shot.
What’s the word when one in ten are not?
Sep 112020
In any sufficiently advanced civilization, the Top will use the Bottom to bludgeon the Middle.
Aug 252020
The trouble starts with people thinking they should have a vote themselves, and from there it’s a short step to thinking everybody should.
Aug 142020
One must ask of Inclusiveness, as of all political ideologies, what and whom it excludes.
Aug 052020
Sound economic policy facilitates the parting of fools and their money.
Jul 292020
Literacy makes possible the state, and universal literacy the omnipotent state.
Jul 062020
Democracy encourages would-be rulers to act like the people in an abject effort to gain the power to act for them.
Jun 302020
Overrated: State violence
Underrated: Personal violence
Jun 222020
It is difficult to get people you hate to vote for you.
Jun 092020
Until it has the appearance of liberty the prison is not complete.