Auberon Herbert Quotes


An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected. Auberon Herbert Miracles 93
We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do. Auberon Herbert Government 87
The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation. Auberon Herbert Career 80
Do you not see, first, that Auberon Herbert Choice 67
You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act. Auberon Herbert Act 64
Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and secondly, that it practically drives out of existence the moral forces? Auberon Herbert Abstract 64
It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for taxation. Auberon Herbert Made 52
How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being? Auberon Herbert Act 51
A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso. Auberon Herbert Intelligence 46
Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive. Auberon Herbert Forcibly 45
Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Auberon Herbert Government 45
I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time. Auberon Herbert Bitter 44
The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them. Auberon Herbert Being 43
How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed. Auberon Herbert Absorb 40
There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered. Auberon Herbert Best 39
If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force. Auberon Herbert Bad 36
People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any act of Parliament. Auberon Herbert Pleasure 35
If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice of our orators today to assume the impossibility of our providing for ourselves. Auberon Herbert Welfare 33
Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force. Auberon Herbert Deny 30
And what sort of philosophical doctrine is thi - that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons all rights over themselves, and vest these rights in others. Auberon Herbert Confer 25

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