Nothing is more democratic than a mob.
May 012019
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?
Apr 302019
Unity is what you call for when you win.
Apr 192019
The cure for division is not discussion but secession.
Apr 042019
An expert torturer always reminds you that it’s for your own good, and hurts him more than you.
Apr 022019
To do the same thing over and over expecting different results is reputed to be insanity, and yet we persist in elections.
Mar 252019
Democracy is the conviction that my policy preferences are widely held, and populism is the fear that yours are.
Mar 192019
The end does not justify the means: it is the means.
Mar 152019
To win at politics requires commitment, and the committed party is the one to whose constituents politics offers the only chance of advancement.
Mar 112019
Rich societies produce leisure sufficient for folly, and democratic societies make this everybody’s problem.
Mar 012019
No sensible ruler tries to suppress ideas. It is a comparatively simple matter to suppress their implementation.