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Politics makes strange bed-fellows.
Politics makes strange bed-fellows.
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world.
If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world.
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the read more
Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and predictability of matter. By this test, absolute power is the manifestation most inimical to human uniqueness. Absolute power wants to turn people into malleable clay.
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and read more
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power- God, history, fate, nation or humanity.
Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.
Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.
In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.
In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.
The political world is stimulating. It's the most interesting thing you can do. It beats following the dollar.
The political world is stimulating. It's the most interesting thing you can do. It beats following the dollar.
