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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

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

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

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...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

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

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

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

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

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

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...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

Life and time are world's two teachers. Life teaches us to make good use of...

Life and time are world's two teachers. Life teaches us to make good use of...