“A monarchy is like a man-of-war--bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is danger of capsizing. But democracy is a raft. You cannot easily overturn it. It is a wet place, but it is a pretty safe one.” MenWarGovernmentWaterHurtDemocracyDangerWindSafeShotsWetMonarchy Book:Labor, with Preludes on Current Events Source: Labor, with Preludes on Current Events
“Safe popular freedom consists of four things, the diffusion of liberty, of intelligence, of property, and of conscientiousness, and cannot be compounded of any three out of the four.” ThreeFreedomLibertyFourSafePropertyDiffusionConscientiousness Author:Joseph Cook