The political machine works because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.