August 20, 2025

When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed.

Europeans often ask and Americans do not often explain, how it happens that this great office [the presidency]

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion. In other words, people will always say and do what their neighbours say and do, no matter what the law allows or forbids or has nothing to say on a subject.