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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes read more

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

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It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are read more

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.

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The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

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Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in read more

Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.

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