Society and the World

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

It is not the employer who pays—he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages.

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.

Knowing exactly how much of the future can be introduced into the present is the secret of a great government.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful.

Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone.

When things don’t go well they like to blame presidents; and that’s something that presidents are paid for.

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal is the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal is the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

It’s not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It’s the hand that casts the ballot.

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

That old law about “an eye for an eye” leaves everybody blind.

That old law about “an eye for an eye” leaves everybody blind.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.