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Free Speech and Conscience
Who Can Refute a Sneer?
Clever people have realised that it is easier to get people on your side by mockery than by persuasion.
Length: 56 words
Question More
Ordinary people put too much faith in the judgment of experts, which is bad for us and bad for the experts.
Length: 118 words
Order and Method
Taking the trouble to express ourselves more clearly helps us to think more clearly too.
Length: 59 words
American Civil War
‘If They Can Stand It I Can’
However loud his critics shouted their disapproval, Abraham Lincoln would neither deprive them of free speech nor change his opinions.
Liberty and Prosperity
The Boldness of Junius Mauricus
Pliny admired Julius Mauricus because he spoke his mind, and Emperor Nerva because he let him.
Length: 119 words
Of Hares, Hounds and Red Herrings
In January 1807, newspapers breathlessly reported that Napoleon Bonaparte’s rampage across Europe was at an end — but was it true?
Length: 171 words