“We have become so accustomed to our illusions that we mistake them for reality.”
― The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
― The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
“When the savages of Louisiana are desirous of fruit, they cut the tree to the root and gather the fruit. This is an emblem of despotic government.”
― The Spirit of the Laws
― The Spirit of the Laws
“When legislative power is united with executive power in a single person or in a simple body of magistracy, there is no liberty, because one can fear that the same monarch or senate that makes tyrannical laws will execute them tyrannically. . . .”
― The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic
― The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic
“The shadow has become the substance.”
― The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
― The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
“God helps those who help themselves.”
― Discourses Concerning Government
― Discourses Concerning Government
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