We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way.
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...democracy can be interpreted to assert not only equality before the law but also essentialistic identity in all respects. This is expressed in the claim, "All men are created equal," which is something very different from the statement, "All men have equal rights and are equal before the law." Anyone who believes in the genetic uniqueness of every individual thereby believes in the conclusion, "No two individuals are created equal.".
I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.
I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.
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One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.
Ideology has very little to do with "consciousness" -- it is profoundly unconscious.
Ideology has very little to do with "consciousness" -- it is profoundly unconscious.
In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they read more
In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up.
...tradition and custom becomes intertwined and are a strong coercion which directs the society upon fixed lines, and strangles liberty.
...tradition and custom becomes intertwined and are a strong coercion which directs the society upon fixed lines, and strangles liberty.
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
No one has a right to happiness.
No one has a right to happiness.
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You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. ... It's a disease I came to call Ovalitis.
