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Category: demagogues

Party above truth

A true party-man hates and despises candour.

Author Greg RavenPosted on January 9, 2023Categories demagogues, politics, truthTags Adam Smith

Defending their errors

They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.

Author Greg RavenPosted on December 17, 2022Categories demagoguesTags Edmund Burke

The enemy within

An evil enemy, will burn his own nation to the ground … to rule over the ashes.

Author Greg RavenPosted on October 27, 2022Categories demagoguesTags Sun Tzu

Too dangerous

Any politician that can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.

Author Greg RavenPosted on October 8, 2022Categories demagogues, politicsTags Thomas Sowell

Disinformation

Every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered … History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

Author Greg RavenPosted on May 10, 2022May 10, 2022Categories corruption, demagogues, evil, government, liberalismTags George Orwell

Chimeras

The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them.

Author Greg RavenPosted on September 3, 2021Categories demagoguesTags Gustave Le Bon

Take action for liberty

When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable nature of politics.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 26, 2021Categories demagogues, libertyTags Ron Paul

Empty promises

History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 26, 2021February 26, 2021Categories demagoguesTags Ron Paul

Freedom from coercion

Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 26, 2021Categories demagogues, government, libertyTags Ron Paul

The squeaky wheels

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

Author Greg RavenPosted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021Categories demagoguesTags Edmund Burke

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