In argument, as in battle, always leave a vanquished foe an avenue for orderly retreat.
Jan 142022
Jan 132022
Institutions are never repaired, only replaced.
Jan 122022
Every great racket begins as a business, becomes a movement, and eventually degenerates into a cause.
Jan 112022
To undermine a principle, profess fealty to it while insisting that every applicable case is a unique circumstance that dictates its temporary suspension.
Jan 102022
An aphorism should look wrong to half its readers and obvious to the other half.
Jan 072022
Few can choose a number between 0 and 100.
Jan 062022
The ideal subject population must be able to absorb the regime’s propaganda as well as willing to believe it — credulous, but literate.
Jan 052022
Some respect is due the man who sells himself dear.
Jan 042022
Meddling begins in opinion.
Jan 032022
Things were so much better when you were.