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“When the people find they can vote themselv...

“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” ...

“When the people find they can vote themselves money . . .”
posted on: May 29, 2012 | author: Alan Burrow

Politics.

The more I watch politicians, the more I realize that politics is for those who aren’t content to show their...

posted on: Jan 18, 2011 | author: Alan Burrow

He made bad and good rulers very much alike.

Otto Scott on Machiavelli, who was in many ways the father of modern politics: Machiavelli rationalized despotism,...

posted on: Oct 27, 2010 | author: Alan Burrow