Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America. — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America. — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions. — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
It is denied that any limit can be set to governmental activity. — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
[R]ights do not belong to men simply as men, but because of the superior qualities, physical, intellectual, moral or political, which are characteristic of… — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
Rights are considered to have their source not in nature, but in law. — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done,… — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
[T]he influence of the German school is most obvious in relation to the contract theory of the origin of the state and the idea… — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
In speaking of natural rights, therefore, it is essential to remember that these alleged rights have no political force whatsoever, unless recognized and enforced… — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
From the standpoint of modern political science the slave holders were right in declaring that liberty can be given only to those who have… — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
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