"This and no other is the root..." - Quote by Plato

“To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.”

“...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.”

“Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.”

“The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the tyranny meditated against them.”

“Law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.”

“Tyranny, like fog in the well known poem, often creeps in silently 'on little cat feet.'”

“Power is only vouchsafed to the man who dares to stoop and pick it up. There is only one thing, one thing needful: one has only to dare!”

“So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create 'social justice' is giving them enough power to destroy all justice, all freedom, and all human dignity.”

“Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.”