I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices.
To govern mankind, one must not overrate them.
Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.
The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.
Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.
Innumerable actions are going on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.