"The kinds of people we need in..." - Quote by Thomas Sowell
The kinds of people we need in government are precisely the kinds of people who are most reluctant to go into government -- people who understand the inherent dangers of power and feel a distaste for using it, but who may do so for a few years as a civic duty. The worst kind of people to have in government are those who see it as a golden opportunity to impose their own superior wisdom and virtue on others.
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“Racism does not have a good track record. It's been tried out for a long time and you'd think by now we'd want to put an end to it instead of putting it under new management.”
“There are only two economists in Congress and hundreds of lawyers. Does that explain why the government is in such a mess?”
“How are children supposed to learn to act like adults, when so much of what they see on television shows adults acting like children?”
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“Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things.”
“I have to say that the judges and our judiciary system makes better decisions than the politicians.”
“I want to say 'I Shot The Police' but the government would have made a fuss so I said 'I Shot The Sheriff' insteadbut it's the same idea: justice.”
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“We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly followed.”
“From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both: but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.”
“The leader is there for the people, not the people for the leader”