“To try to regulate the internal affairs of a family, the relations of love or friendship, or many other things of the same sort, by law or by the coercion of public opinion, is like trying to pull an eyelash out of a man's eye with a pair of tongs. They may put out the eye, but they will never get hold of the eyelash” MenTryingMayEyeLawOpinionRelationAffairInternalsPairsPublic OpinionCoercionEyelashesInternal Affairs Book:Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Source: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
“To try to make men equal by altering social arrangements is like trying to make the cards of equal value by shuffling the pack.” MenTryingValuesSocialEqualCardsPacksArrangementsShuffling Book:Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Source: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
“Parliamentary government is simply a mild and disguised form of compulsion. We agree to try strength by counting heads instead of breaking heads, but the principle is exactly the same... The minority gives way not because it is convinced that it is wrong, but because it is convinced that it is a minority.” WayGivingTryingGovernmentFormPrinciplesDemocracyAgreeConvincedMinoritiesCompulsionCountingParliamentaryParliamentary Government Book:Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: And Three Brief Essays Source: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: And Three Brief Essays
