No one seeks power with a song in his heart.
Jul 032014
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?
Jun 252014
A well-conducted police state pardons a few prisoners now and then; this persuades the populace that the rest are guilty.
May 302014
If truth were ever spoken to it power would be grateful.
Apr 182014
The fiercest tribal warrior is the universalist.
Apr 092014
One ought to be a bit embarrassed to win an election.
Apr 032014
The basest viciousness usually wraps itself in a hygienic metaphor.
Mar 312014
Only after he has exhausted his other resources does the boy begin to torture insects, or the ruler his subjects.
Mar 182014
People would rather be ruled by their own kind than well.
Mar 062014
Countries are artificial: cities are natural.
Mar 032014
Every new power allies itself with the dispossessed, for the possessed are its competition.