Only after he has exhausted his other resources does the boy begin to torture insects, or the ruler his subjects.
Mar 312014
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?
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.
Feb 202014
To wield power wisely it is necessary to obtain it.
Feb 072014
Punishment deters best when regarded as expiation.
Feb 052014
No government strong enough to provide liberty is weak enough to preserve it.
Jan 272014
We all speak truth to power that we are sure will pay us no mind.
Jan 232014
Politicians do not place their personal interests before the national interest: they regard them as indispensable to the national interest.
Jan 162014
No government suppresses thought and speech as effectively as your friends and neighbors do.