There is, in fact, never so much reason for the political philosopher to suspect himself of failing in his task as when he finds that his opinions are very popular.

(Friedrich Hayek: The Constitution of Liberty)

CONTACT

Dr. Hubert LERCH

Professor and Author

Research and Teaching Interests:

• European History

• Political Science

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Last revised: 14 February 2012

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NEWS

• Temple University Japan and its Problem with Academic Freedom

• What Students Say

PUBLICATIONS

• The Broken Window Revisited

• An Introduction to Political Philosophy

  Available as book from Amazon

• Democracy. The Last Utopia.

  (publication pending)

• Es geht um alles (a political satire in German)

  (publication pending)

• Hyperdemocracy. The Legacy of the Great Revolution and the Great War.

  (in preparation)

• Symbols, Images, and Legitimization

  (in preparation)

• Capitalism, Socialism, Democracy

  (in preparation)

MODULES

• 20^th Century Europe

• History of the Soviet Union

• European Dictators: Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler

• Capitalism, Socialism, Democracy

• Contemporary Politics of Europe

more in preparation ...

PDF LIBRARY

A Collection of PDF Files related to

• Philosophy

• History

• Political Science

• Sociology

VIDEO CLIPS

• Definition of "the State"

• A Private Law Society (Hans-Hermann Hoppe)

• Democracy: The God That Failed (Hans-Hermann Hoppe)

• Law without Government

  • Part I: Principles

  • Part II: Conflict Resolution in a Free Society

  • Part III: The Bargaining Mechanism

LINKS

• The Bastiat Institute

• Walter Block

• Hans-Hermann Hoppe's Web Page

• LewRockwell: Property. Freedom, And Peace

• Ludwig von Mises Institute

• Molinari Institute

QUOTATIONS

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. (Aristotle)

Democracy: The worship of jackals by jackasses. (H. L. Mencken)

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. (H. L. Mencken)

Democracy is the road to socialism. (Karl Marx)

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. (Thomas Jefferson)

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. (Winston Churchill)

What luck for rulers, that men do not think. (Adolf Hitler)

In politics stupidity is not a handicap. (Napoleon Bonaparte)

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. (Ambrose Bierce)

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge where there is no river. (Nikita Khrushchev)

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on. (George W. Bush)

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. (H. L. Mencken)

By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed. (Adolf Hitler)

If you can't convince them, confuse them. (Harry S. Truman)

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. (Charles de Gaulle)

In politics nothing is contemptible. (Jean-Baptiste Colbert)

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. (Will Durant)

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. (Harry S. Truman)

Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. (Ronald Reagan)

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. (Aesop)

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. (Voltaire)

APHORISMS

Democracy is …

… when someone orders you at gunpoint to be free.

… when someone fucks you hard every day and you still think you are a virgin.

… when someone tells you that two asses are better than one horse.

… when someone who controls your brain encourages you to speak your mind.

… when someone tells you: “I love you, I hug you, I ...” and you get what you deserve.

. . .when someone who wants to maximize his power gives you a license to be irresponsible.