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I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.
I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.
The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find read more
The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. To him government is something given as unconditionally, as absolutely as ocean or hill. He goes on winding the tape that he finds. His imagination has rarely extricated itself from under the administrative machine to gain any sense of what a human, temporary contraption the whole affair is. What he thinks is the heavens above him is nothing but the roof.
The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, read more
The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.
I gave my life for freedom --this I know: For those who bade me fight had told me so.
I gave my life for freedom --this I know: For those who bade me fight had told me so.
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.
What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.
If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
To measure the man, measure his heart.
To measure the man, measure his heart.
