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We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their read more
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.
The common good comes before the private good.
The common good comes before the private good.
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would read more
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would you replace it with?" When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?
One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.
One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the read more
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. - "Leadership Is an Art".
Rousseau had it backwards. We are NOT born free. We are born in the chains of the random and the read more
Rousseau had it backwards. We are NOT born free. We are born in the chains of the random and the reflexive, and are ignorant and unreasonable by simple nature. We must learn to be free, to organize the random and detect the reflexive, to acquire the knowledge of particulars and the powers of reason. The examined life is impossible if we cannot examine, order, classify, define, distinguish, always in minute particulars.
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.