The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

Quote by Will Durant

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There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...